DEEP Thoughts
- Jessica Breazeale
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By: Jessica Breazeale
The deepest hole on our planet is known as the Kola Borehole in Russia near the Norway border. It was a man-made Soviet drilling experiment to learn drilling depth limits. The Kola Borehole reaches 7.5 miles into the earth. In 1970, Oklahoma held the record for the world’s deepest hole, but the Kola Borehole broke that record in 1979.
It’s fascinating to read on this topic and learn more.
But why did drilling stop? Drilling in this particular spot stopped around 1995 due to lack of funding and because the depths of Earth were much hotter than anticipated causing the drilling equipment to melt.
I get lost in wonder on the…WHY? Why does the Earth get so hot that we can’t explore it?
Could it be God designed it to get too hot so mankind doesn’t ruin the world? Would we be dumb enough to drill a hole all the way to the other side and break our planet? I’m sure we’d justify how drilling to the other side was more a brilliant idea making things more accessible, quicker, good for business, wise to explore, and on and on with the plausible explanations but ultimately the demise of our beautiful planet. I’m sure we’d break the planet. I’m not going to claim to a geo-physicist, but I think the point I’m trying to make is that we are in desperate need of a God to save us from ourselves. We don’t know all the details to make life-altering decisions. We humans make haphazard quick decisions and rarely see or understand the ripple effect of those.
But GOD…
God saves us from ourselves.
He knows all the details, the big and small ones.
He put it all into motion and can take it all out of motion.
Could it be that God’s design is meant to keep us from completely destroying what was intended for good?
This visual helps us look within. Personally, when I think about the Kola Borehole, I think about a place too deep, I can’t even get there. I think of God’s grace saving me from depths I dare not visit.
In the wise words of the late Brad Arnold of hit band 3 Doors Down, who wrote in his lyrics of “Away From The Sun”:
“Cause now again I've found myself so far down
Away from the sun that shines into the darkest place
I'm so far down
Away from the sun that shines to light the way for me
To find my way back into the arms
That care about the ones like me
I'm so far down, away from the sun again”
For those of you who didn’t listen to 3 Doors Down, they are a platinum-record, multi-grammy-nominated band from Mississippi. Arnold, the band’s lead singer, recently died at 47 after a battle with cancer. He grew up in a Christian home and in the church in Mississippi.
During fame, he wrote “Away From the Sun” from a place of depression and isolation. In the end, he went with peace. See his final video here: 3 Doors Down – Official Website
Can we consider that God made some things too hot for us so we couldn’t get too far gone to burn ourselves? Digging deep requires a lot.
DEEP DIGGING requires time and patience, true and earnest research, discovering truths and not discovering the mysteries…and being okay with that, having faith that the exploration is worth it, the data obtained was necessary, the hard work paid off, and the time spent was priceless.
Arnold didn’t stay in a place of depression and isolation. Metaphorically speaking, was he able to get further than the 7.5 miles and push through the “too hot”. He must have. He spent his final opportunities sharing his faith in God with anyone who would listen.
God is a master architect. As we have deep thoughts today talking about the Kola Borehole and 3 Doors Down, let’s ask ourselves if the depths of our hearts are impenetrable? Maybe we don’t want to let anyone in, get too close, or explore our hearts? We don’t want to get burned so we don’t even bother with the experiment.
If Earth’s orbit moved closer to the sun, we'd all burn. If it moved farther away from the sun (as Arnold’s song suggests), we'd all freeze. Luckily, we are in a perfect spot. Coincidence? I think not.
Does God want us to stay just far away enough from the heat, so we don’t get burned – emotionally and physically? Maybe he wants to leave just a small enough room in our hearts for wonder and awe that will point us back to Him where we can depend on Him as a dad. What do you think?
Just some deep thoughts to get lost in while rocking out to 3 Doors Down music…
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