Devotions
What Good Is an Appendix?
by Steve Ridgell
It was a question doubters, agnostics, atheists, seekers, or smart-
alecks loved to ask: "If God is so wise, why did he create an
appendix?" I thought it was a good question. After all, the appendix
served no real purpose. I was never much of a science student, but I
remember how it was described. It was an organ for which there was
no apparent function. Unless you count needing something to burst so
you could have emergency surgery. It was one of the trendy ways to
mock the concept of God.
Guess what? Scientists and doctors are now saying the appendix
serves a useful function in immune protection. It is a place for gut
bacteria to reside and helps prevent diarrhea. So much for my
science teachers. It now seems perhaps science does not know
everything. Of course, real scientists will tell you that up front.
So why would anyone use science to try to disprove the existence of
God?
It appears that there is a reason why we humans have an appendix. I
am not really surprised. I believe God made us and that He knew what
He was doing. Am I simplistic? Maybe, but I think the appendix
question is like many of the other things in my life. There are
things that I do not understand. But I need to trust that someone
does. This world, and my life, makes sense when I trust there is
someone who knows me and who understands everything going in my
life. For me, that someone is God.
Most of you reading this have made that same decision. This just
reinforces your conviction. But perhaps you know someone who
wrestles with the concept of God. Maybe this will give you something
to talk about with them. Or send them this article. Or send them to
www.hopeforlife. org. Or have them write me. I would love to discuss
where I have found hope, meaning, and purpose.
It is not that I have all the answers … and not just about my
appendix. I do believe I know who does have the answers. After all,
he knew what he was doing with the appendix.
I believe that God knew what he was doing when he created me.
[ 本帖最后由 一莎 于 2008-3-18 00:30 编辑 ]
