Opus 2025-510: A Pattern of Uniqueness

Somewhere far in my past, I read a statement that told me that in all the history of the universe there have never been two snowflakes that are identical.  I may be overstating that a little bit, but I think that gives you the idea of what they were trying to say.  My question would be, “How do you know?”  That might be followed up with, “What difference does it make?”

For the scientist it’s probably just a speculation that gets his name in print.  Assuming that I accept it to be true, for me it’s an indication of the creativity of God.  Now why God would spend time designing new snowflakes, I don’t know.  Somehow I think that He puts certain processes on automatic and gets on to dealing with the snowflakes that are walking around and calling themselves Christians.

You don’t need to go to snowflakes though.  As I sit looking towards the rising sun, I see it filtered through a wonderful oak tree.  If I look to the left, I see three more oak trees just beyond my porch and I defy you to find much of anything that is similar between them.  Yes, they all have bark, but the patterns on the bark, while recognizable as oak, are totally unique to that tree.  The branches bend and spread and the leaves sprout.  Yes all of that.  And in all of it, I would venture to guess that in the entire world, there are no two oak trees that are absolutely identical.

How do I know?  I don’t.  I would not put that down as an eternal truth.  I think I’m pretty safe in making that accusation though.  Is it because God doesn’t like identical oak trees?  It could be.  It’s possible that He gets offended by too much uniformity.  It’s possible that it’s just an expression of His attributes.

I for one will enjoy the variety.  I will also enjoy the similarities.  It makes for a great balance in life.

homo unius libri