{"id":20897,"date":"2022-03-23T20:54:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T03:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2022-grow-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T21:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T04:00:21","slug":"2022-goodglue","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2022-goodglue\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Good Glue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\">Our Daily Bread<\/p>\n<p><strong>God made . . . all the creatures that move along the ground. (Genesis 1:25)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20898 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/snail-2-e1648094338687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scientists from Penn State University recently engineered a new kind of glue that\u2019s both extremely strong and also removable. Their design is inspired by a snail whose slime hardens in dry conditions and loosens again when wet. The reversible nature of the snail\u2019s slime allows it to move freely in more humid conditions\u2014safer for the snail\u2014while keeping it securely planted in its environment when movement would be hazardous.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers\u2019 approach of mimicking an adhesive found in nature calls to mind scientist Johannes Kepler\u2019s description of his discoveries. He said he was \u201cmerely thinking God\u2019s thoughts after him.\u201d The Bible tells us that God created the earth and all that\u2019s in it: the vegetation on the land (Genesis 1:12); the \u201ccreatures of the sea\u201d and \u201cevery winged bird\u201d (v. 21); \u201cthe creatures that move along the ground\u201d (v. 25); and \u201cmankind in his own image\u201d (v. 27). When humankind discovers or identifies a special attribute of a plant or animal, we\u2019re simply following in God\u2019s creative footsteps, having our eyes opened to the way He designed them.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of each day in the creation account, God surveyed the fruit of His work and described it as \u201cgood.\u201d As we learn and discover more about God\u2019s creation, may we too recognize His magnificent work, care for it well, and proclaim how very good it is!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20899 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/snail-1-e1648094390710.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":20899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[35],"class_list":["post-20897","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-english-writer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/20897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/20897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20900,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/20897\/revisions\/20900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20897"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=20897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}