I can hear the Rocky music in my head as I type ...but Rocky can't hear it.  

Rocky is not deaf ...he is just a rock.

Stoney can't hear the music either ...and it's not because he (or she) is stoned.

Stoney is not deaf or stoned ...he/she is just s stone.

Suddenly some prankster threw a water balloon at Rocky and Stoney. It was not a direct hit, but water splashed all over Rocky and Stoney. It was nothing new for them to get wet ...they got wet all the time when it rained. But this time it was not just a rain shower ...you could tell a thunderstorm was coming. Unless you were Rocky and Stoney ...then you couldn't tell anything.

None the less, lightning did strike. They say lightning does not strike the same place twice ...which I don't believe, but the odds of that happening are just so rare, it's safe to say it doesn't happen. The odds of lightning striking any one given place is very rare ...unless you increase the odds like Benjamin Franklin did with a kite and a key dangling from its tail.

Now, there are various versions of that story, but that is not my story. In my story, lightning didn't strike twice in the same place ...though it nearly did. The first lightning strike hit Rocky ...and the second lightning strike hit Stoney.

What do you think happened?

Well, Rocky and Stoney were a little singed, and both lost a couple minerals, but it was minuscule ...just leaving both a little rough around the edges, which they were already anyway.

Miller-Urey thought they had a tremendous breakthrough when amino acids were formed in their experiment in 1952 ...but over 70 years later, what I saw would make mincemeat out of their discovery. Actually what I saw was meat ...and it looked like a rump roast. That lightning must have burned their butts ...poor Rocky and Stoney.

Now, while I was growing up, I loved to eat venison ...it was my favorite meat. I think deer are beautiful animals, and I would never want to hunt any deer ...but they seem to have a bad habit of running out in front of cars, so I would really go for 'road kill'. There are many meats I'm not that fond of, but Mom would tell me to eat it because it was filled with protein.

In science class, I learned that proteins are made from amino acids. So, it was exciting when I saw what looked like a rump roast next to each of the rocks.  

So, Miller-Urey said amino acids were suddenly created ...but since they didn't have Benjamin Franklin's kite, they had to settle for electricity. But, lightning is so much more powerful ...and with a flash of light (lightning), there was protein.

My science class said that proteins are one of the building blocks of life, so I just left those rump roasts next to Rocky and Stoney ...and I figured that soon life was certainly going to be created out of all that protein.

And sure enough, the next day there was life ...the place was teeming with life. But, my protein wasn't becoming life ...it was being consumed by life. Flying and crawling insects were all over it. But, I decided it was time to take my experiment inside when a black kitty cat with a white stripe started heading my way across the yard.

After a few days indoors, there was a distinctive 'lively' smell ...or should I say, dis-stink-tive?

I came to a conclusion after that ...that no dead meat was going to come alive. As time passes, it just becomes more dead ...so, no dead thing will come alive unless God causes it to. I've heard stories of people being clinically dead, but then come back t life ...but that is usually associated with a testimony of something of a spiritual nature. I also heard my neighbor talking to one of his friends ...and they were laughing about how he put those two rump roasts in front of my house, trying to see if he could make a rump roast out of me. It was the same boy who had thrown the water balloons ...and I know the balloons were not intended to hit Rocky and Stoney, they were intended for me.

And I realize that not all science is correct, nor does even the correct things always lead to correct conclusions. I will never believe that humans evolved ...and I realize it is fun to prank someone sometimes, but I will not fall for that one again. I know humans were created by God, in His image ...and I know believing in the Bible is the the wisest thing I can do. Humans did not evolve from a complex protein structure, or any rump roast, nor do I have what is inside one for brains.

Ofttimes nothing seems to make sense ...but, that's when I realize that I can't figure it out because it is not humanly possible for me to. We humans need to know it is beyond our understanding, yet we can look to that which is just right for us to be able to grasp ...the Word given to us.

I am so thankful it was shared with me ...and I hope everyone can share it.