..."rocket science..."

Rocket Science...

The fellers have been doing a little chemistry.  The younger one has a knack for science, always inquiring how things  work.... Loves watching "How It's Made."

He had finished a bottle if flavored fizzy water and declared that he wanted to fill it with something to make an explosion.  I got out the box of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) & the remainder of a bottle of vinegar (acetic acid) and let him experiment.  Soon his older brother was joining in.... next they wanted the box of Borax we had used to make silly putty at the 1st grade Christmas party.
Once they had run out of baking soda & vinegar they where planning the next experiment, once they had replenished their supplies.

My husband makes agricultural animal feed. Baking soda is a key ingredient, it settles the cows and pigs stomachs. My husband and I have even been the guest of a soda mine owner in Telluride, Colorado; touring the mine where the baking soda comes from. Brock orders it by the truckload, priced by the ton.

So the fellers decided to put this connection to work.... asking Dad to bring home more sodium bicarbonate.... more chemistry ingredients.  He brought a "gigantic" bag to the car after school... charging them $3, but it beats the grocery prices.

The boys had fun changing the variable of their experiment. Greater amounts of baking soda... greater quantity of vinegar... Predicting and measuring the size of the reaction.  The we're controlling the variables.

This has me thinking about my relationship with God. How many situations do I try to tinker with the variables in His plan... trying to create the predicted or desired outcome?

Lately I have had to force myself to trust in the Lord, rather than try to tinker with and be in control of the situations in my life.

A recent verse in a sermon two Sundays ago is swimming around in my mind.

Proverbs 5
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart....lean not on your own understanding."

I'm thinking God is reminding me to lean not on my own control over my life.... To fully trust. To allow his sovereignty to reign over me.

After all, life is NOT rocket science, not an experiment .... rather divine providence.