Do you see a Rectangle or a Circle?... "Yep."

Thursday, May 06, 2010
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Last week I sent a good friend Rob Bell's DVD, "Everything is Spiritual." If you haven't had the opportunity to hear Rob speak, he is quite entertaining. Much of this particular message revolves around the amazing and odd realities of physics when things become very, very large, or very, very small.

In other words, "Everything is Spiritual," is a layman's discussion of general relativity, quantum mechanics, and where the two meet in a spiritual unified theory. Most of these perceived oddities of course are secondary to our painfully limited ability to perceive our universe while trapped in three dimensional space and linear time.

Rob Bell borrows, just as did the creators of "What the Bleep," from the 1884 satirical novella, "Flatland," by Edwin A. Abbott to demonstrate his point of our limited perception. In two dimensional Flatland, something as simple as a marker can look very different. Take a marker and hold it between your fingers (a glue stick works well too) so you are looking at the length straight on. It is a rectangle. If you live in two dimensional Flatland the marker is certainly a rectangle. Unless of course the marker faces you top on in your version of Flatland, rendering the marker an indisputable circle. As humans, living in our "superior" three dimensional world we answer the question of whether the marker is a rectangle or a square with a matter of fact, "Yep."

The marker trick is great for kids when they are struggling to understand the point of view of another.

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In less than two weeks, I will have the opportunity to join a group of physical therapy students from Texas State University, representatives from River Stone Church, and other medical and non-medical Christian volunteers on a trip to Hengyang China. Our team will be traveling with International China Concern. ICC is a Christian development organization focused on bringing love, hope, and opportunity to China's abandoned and disabled children. We will be serving in the ICC Hengyang Project which currently cares for more than 100 babies, children, and young adults, all abandoned and with special needs.

Being literally half way around the planet, I cannot think of a more important time to keep the "marker trick" firmly in the front of my mind. I will be immersed in ancient cultures, languages, and ideologies much different from my own. In a place so foreign to my comfortable rectangular perception, I pray I can turn my mind inside out, appreciate the full circle of humanity, and answer His call with a simple, "Yep."

As a physical therapist with a specialty in both seating and movement disorder, I hope I can impact the enormous physical need in some small way. As a mother, I hope I can provide a loving touch and a smile that will transcend cultural and language barriers. As a woman, I hope I can empower a young woman to reach for her dreams. As a Christ follower, I hope to be constantly humbled with the knowledge that nothing can be done without aligning with the dreams of God, the love of Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit.

I ask for your prayers as we prepare our hands and minds to be strong while our hearts break for what breaks His.

A special thank you to my husband, Dave, and all the friends who will be helping make the time while I'm gone a little less stressful for the boys.

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