5th and 6th graders were asked to define some things in our world scientifically. When asked to define the law of gravity, the child wrote, "no fair jumping up without coming back down." Pretty good. Another said about thunderstorms, "You can listen to thunder and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it, you got hit, so never mind." A couple of them responded to questions about clouds.

Another made a comment on clouds, "I'm not sure how clouds are formed, but clouds know how to do it, and that's the important thing." OK. One was asked to describe how rain happens, the 6th grader said, "Water vapor gets together in a cloud. When it is big enough to be called a drop, it does." Uh huh. One defined a monsoon as a French gentleman.

A couple more: One youngster said, "When planets run around and around in circles, we say they are orbiting. When people do it, we say they are crazy." True. One defined the spinal column as "a long bunch of bones. The head sits on the top, and you sit on the bottom."

There are many things that amaze us in this world. I don't know about you but I still like to be surprised, to see something happen that I didn't think possible. I suppose that's one of the joys of being a Christian. The life of Jesus, his life, his teachings, his death, his resurrection, and his promises continue to surprise. I read them again and again and I say to myself, "This isn't possible!"