Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Devotion - Thursday, April 9

"The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know."  Blaise Pascal

Pascal was a 17th century mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian.  Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum. Pascal also wrote in defense of the scientific method.  I heard about him first in reading about physics.  Only later did I encounter his contributions to theology.  

He is a wonderful example of blending together a deep interest in this world and how it works.  He delved into the sciences and used his God-given intelligence to understand all that he could.  And, he held to his faith, and his trust, and his confidence in God.  He was able to speak of the primacy of things, each in its proper place.

He integrated that which he learned with that which he believed.

Do not shy away from either, in your life.  Study, learn, discover - all with the full conviction that God is present helping you to unravel mysteries.  Pray, confess, believe - that of which your heart has become convicted.  Bring every aspect into harmony, or at least onto parallel tracks.  One does not need to be abandoned for the sake of the other.

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