An Ark Encounter

On Wednesday, my family and I went to the Ark Encounter near Williamstown, Kentucky.  It is a full scale replica of the ark -- a pretty amazing structure to behold and to tour.  Unfortunately, our 15 month old daughter did not enjoy it as much as the rest of us and began to wail, cutting short our journey in the confines of the ark.

Going through the ark, I realize that one of the big points that Ken Ham, the visionary behind this construction wants to make is that the story of Noah and the flood is within the realm of possibility.  With an ark this size, Noah could have housed and fed the animals necessary to survive a world-wide flood.

I understand Ken Ham's point and to a certain extent I agree.  Certainly, I do believe that God created the earth and that there was a world-wide flood that destroyed everything except what was inside the ark.  That probably makes me pretty weird in an environment today that demands explanations for anything unusual.

I just don't need naturalistic explanations for the miraculous things found within the Bible, including the flood.  It is as easy for me to believe that God, by His divine power, lead each animal on to the ark and that He then put them into a hibernation state, only to awaken them when the time was right, as it is to imagine a situation in which Noah was charged with daily care and feeding of the animals on the ark.

I suppose it doesn't really matter which version of the account is correct.  There is no particular explanation given in the Bible about what Noah was doing during the flood.  Either way, God was in charge and He controlled the destiny of each one and made sure that no one perished who was within the ark of safety.

Miracles are by definition unusual and not easily explainable.  If they happened every day, then they wouldn't be miracles.

There is no natural explanation for Jesus feeding five thousand people, raising a little girl from the dead, or many of the other things He did.  There are only eye witness accounts of what happened with the explanation simply that these were miracles.

That's enough explanation for me.  God often chooses to work through miraculous means because anything else would be too simple.  It just takes a little faith on our part to accept them as such.

And that's just what it takes to accept my Savior.