The deeper side of things.

I watched the movie Charles Darwin: Creation today while working on my painting and christmas presents for Ben's mom. That movie was so interesting and not at all what I was expecting. I was worried that it would bash on belief in God but that's not even close to the message it was trying to send. Charles Darwin was a very smart scientist who was not trying to disprove God, in fact quite the opposite: he and his wife were a very loving, religious family. Darwin was actually quite afraid of his own research because he did not want to alter his belief in God. He also didn't want anything to damage the relationship between he and his wife. When he was working on his research he tried at every opportunity to end it and to just continue living his normal quiet life. In fact, when he finished his book "The Origin of Species" he didn't honestly know what to do with it. He wanted to have it reviewed from a more religious perspective so he gave it to his wife and said he'd do whatever she wanted him to do with it as long as she read it first. His wife was very opposed to his work as well but after reading it she said it had to be published. The struggles caused such a strain in their marriage that Charles said it may have been a mistake for them to get married in the first place. I was left in awe of her final statement: "Knowing what I know now, I'd still marry you tomorrow." They continued to be happily married through the remainder of their lives. I feel like that is the key thing to be learned from this: no matter how big the differences and struggles may be as you go throughout marriage, it can still work, and the love doesn't have to waiver. I love my husband and yes, he is very different than me, we don't always see everything in exactly the same ways but that is what makes us work. We are best friends and fit so well because of our differences and I love that he keeps me well rounded in everything by opening my eyes to another view on this same big world. With those differences also come a lot of very fundamental similarities that also help us to connect and have fun growing together every day. It doesn't matter to me whether you believe in God or not, the key is to always see the beauty in life and love and the situations that come about due to both.