Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Cheryl Boardman
Monday, May 20, 2024
I found this Lion’s Paw scallop shell in, of all places, an antique mall earlier this month. You apparently don’t need a beach to go shelling!
I think it’s pretty amazing and you can see how big it is compared to my hand. I also like the subtle colors on it.
I was at a rock and mineral show this past weekend and saw one that looked almost exactly the same and it was labeled as a fossil shell that was several million years old. As a young earth creationist, I have a major problem with the dating! And if the fossil shell is so much older, why does it look exactly the same?
What a wildly wonderful world, GOD!
You made it all, with Wisdom at your side,
made earth overflow with your wonderful creations.
Oh, look—the deep, wide sea,
brimming with fish past counting,
sardines and sharks and salmon.
Ships plow those waters,
and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them.
All the creatures look expectantly to you
to give them their meals on time.
You come, and they gather around;
you open your hand and they eat from it.
If you turned your back,
they’d die in a minute—
Take back your Spirit and they die,
revert to original mud;
Send out your Spirit and they spring to life—
the whole countryside in bloom and blossom.
Psalm 104:24-30 (The Message)