A friend of mine shared a story about the U. S. National Park Service finding fossilized remains of a shark in Mammoth Cave. In Kentucky! THAT was a little interesting, so I checked it out. The story was indeed true (link at bottom).
So Kentucky was underwater at some point. Really. Kentucky is where the Smoky MOUNTAINS are located. Hmm. Then I remembered another story about finding fossils of water-based creatures on Mt. Everest. That story is also true (link at bottom).
There are two possibilities here. Either the mountains were formed after, and out of, the sea, or there was a world-wide flood. Or both, I guess.
When I was in high school, living in a Milwaukee suburb, I was a rock collector. I heard about a place to the north called the Lannon Quarry that was known for its fossils. So I took a little trip. The information I had received was true and it wasn't long before I was chiseling out a cephalopod I had found in the limestone. I only got one because some guy came running out towards me, yelling at me to get out.
Anyway.... I guess Wisconsin was once under underwater as well.
People have lots of theories about how the world and life began. I'm not going to get into those. I'll just leave you with this:
"Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. ³⁰And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground - everything that has the breath of life in it - I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
³¹God saw all that he had made, and it was very good." - Genesis 1:29-31
God created everything. WHEN He did it and HOW He did it are beyond me. But for today, just knowing that there once were sharks swimming around the neighborhood, makes me think twice about taking a dip in the local pond. Lol! Not really. But it DOES make me think about the amazing power of God.
Mammoth Cave Sharks - National Park Service
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