Update2

Hello everyone who reads my blog. It's been a while, huh? I've been so busy with school, there was really no time to think & reflect. I'm getting used to having 3-4 tests every week (because I'm forced to). Library is my second home in Chicago. A lot times, I only get fresh air when I cross the street to get to school or go back to my dorm (5 seconds x 2 = 10 seconds per 24 hrs?!!) There's really no time to explore the city except for few hours on weekends (and sometimes, even that's a luxury). I admit school's pretty tough and it's completely consuming my life. BUT! I don't complain because I'm thankful to be here.

I had a random conversation with one of my friends (colleagues?!). I shared with him that I love studying biology because it points me to God. A lot of scientists out there believe in evolution and "big bang" theory... and they think that the Bible and science contradict each other. Personally, I don't believe in evolution, and I don't know enough about it to argue. Maybe it did happen to certain degrees, maybe it didn't. There's no way of knowing exactly how the earth formed and all that because I wasn't there...right? However, the more I learn about all the little details of the human body, and the nature itself, the more I'm amazed at the perfection and the beauty of them! An organ, a tissue, a cell, a protein, an atom, everything in the universe is organized in a perfect way, that if one tiny detail is off, everything gets messed up. There's no way everything happened by chance. For example, whenever I study for anatomy (the hardest class this quarter), I ask God "why did you have to make a human skull so complicated? Why so many holes? Why does this neuron have to take this specific pathway?" But there's a reason behind all that and I really doubt a human skull came together as it is by accident! (...that was a very nerdy example...anyway) All the detailed information that I learn in class confirms over and over again that God is the perfect, mighty Creator. I'm so thankful that He opened my eyes to realize that and be more drawn to Him through my education here in ICO. That keeps me moving forward, despite all the stress and hectic schedule I'm dealing with.