My students and I recently took a field trip to see FMA Live! This musical performance combines the arts and science to help students understand Newton's 3 Laws of Physics. It was so entertaining that even I, the physics dumb dumb, was able to commit the laws to memory!
After the field trip, this new info started to transform and have new meaning. I'm sure Sir Isaac Newton wasn't exactly thinking about the Spirit when he came up with these laws, but they fit so perfectly. I discovered, Newton's 3 Laws are a lot like God's presence in our lives...
1. Inertia
Inertia is the the tendency of an object to stay in a straight line and move at a constant velocity. It's the resistance of an object to any changes in its direction or speed. When God is in our lives and we are walking in His purpose for us, we have a tendency to be unmoved. We begin to resist the changes that we know will push us backward or jolt us from side to side. Are we perfect? Nope. But we are moving in a straight line (most of the time) at the rate of God's appointed timing. So, the law of inertia says trying to move us or change us, will be quite the task!
2. Force = Mass times Acceleration (F=MA)
This equation describe the relationship between the mass of an object and the amount of force it will take to make it move. When we talk about our relationship with God, it is often some sort of that accelerates our faith. God allows a mass to weigh us down until we look to Him to become of the force to move us into His arms, His safety, His love. We are bogged down by bills, divorce, work, weight-gain, troubled children, our past, our present, LIFE! But then we call on the FORCE by FAITH in GOD! Then, that MASS, the weight of the world on our shoulders, is LIFTED. It is these experiences that ACCELERATE our faith and our relationship with God Himself.
3. For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction
Inertia is the the tendency of an object to stay in a straight line and move at a constant velocity. It's the resistance of an object to any changes in its direction or speed. When God is in our lives and we are walking in His purpose for us, we have a tendency to be unmoved. We begin to resist the changes that we know will push us backward or jolt us from side to side. Are we perfect? Nope. But we are moving in a straight line (most of the time) at the rate of God's appointed timing. So, the law of inertia says trying to move us or change us, will be quite the task!
2. Force = Mass times Acceleration (F=MA)
This equation describe the relationship between the mass of an object and the amount of force it will take to make it move. When we talk about our relationship with God, it is often some sort of that accelerates our faith. God allows a mass to weigh us down until we look to Him to become of the force to move us into His arms, His safety, His love. We are bogged down by bills, divorce, work, weight-gain, troubled children, our past, our present, LIFE! But then we call on the FORCE by FAITH in GOD! Then, that MASS, the weight of the world on our shoulders, is LIFTED. It is these experiences that ACCELERATE our faith and our relationship with God Himself.
3. For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction
It's self-explanatory. When we take that action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. We open our hearts to God...action. He comes into our lives and we begin to change...reaction. The more steps we take in God's direction, the more His presence becomes apparent. We don't talk the way we used to. We don't live the way we used to. We change. We become different. We are made new...Be Blessed. XOXO
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