So, in biology class the other day, the prof was talking about how DNA transcription in prokaryotes, like bacteria, is really highly controlled because one mistake can mess everything up really easily, but in our own DNA, there's a lot more "junk" that doesn't really matter, so transcription isn't as highly controlled.

My professor was asking, "Are we really more evolutionary advanced than bacteria? We have all this junk in our DNA that we don't need and we waste all this energy on our poorly-controlled transcription."

But, you know, God could have made us very highly-controlled, every piece of our DNA and of our lives absolutely essential to our salvation. One wrong step and we're dead, game over, to hell with us.

If we worked the same as bacteria and then we damaged our very nature by our actions, we would have no chance to redeem our physical selves. DNA transcription would cease, as would our existence.

Instead, He provided Himself as a sacrifice for us.

What if all that "junk" is actually God's love for us, poured into our DNA in every cell of our bodies, as a safety net, protecting us from the errors in our DNA brought about by our sinful nature?

What if the way our DNA is formed is a representation of the free will that God has bestowed on us, of the freedom He allows us, of the forgiveness He provides us when we make mistakes?

What if efficient means of survival and reproduction aren't the point of evolution?

Just some musings, hope they make sense.

I'm praying for you!

:)