“Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures”
(Genesis 1:20) 

Years ago, I had the privilege of going to Antarctica twice to do scientific research in freshwater ecology. My specialty was the “lifestyle” of single-celled animals called protozoa. Spending hours looking through a microscope, it was always a welcome distraction to see a multi-celled invertebrate swim through the field of view. In Antarctic lakes that was usually a tardigrade, affectionately called “water bears,” which look like a gummy bear with six clawed legs and a barely noticeable head. 

Life as a Testimony

“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16; see also Philippians 2:15).

The Reverend Billy Graham, whose life on earth ended in 2018, about eight months short of 100 years, made the Gallup list  of most admired men and women (started in 1946) a record sixty-one times. 

Don’s comment: Billy Graham would be the first to give glory for this recognition to His Savior Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit within. 

Source: NEWSMAX Magazine, April 2023, p. 29

Quiz Time

(Answers in part #2)

• What is the tallest living tree in the world?
• How long does it take a single snowflake to fall from a cloud to the earth?

Going with the floe

Last November, hundreds of fishermen on Upper Red Lake in northern Minnesota nearly joined the fish they were there to catch! Ice broke from the shoreline to strand them on an ice floe with no way to get back to land.