Dear friends:

On Mars Hill, the apostle Paul spoke to the men of Athens and said, "In Him (God) we live, and move, and have our being" (Acts 17:28).

Now, almost 2,000 years later in our age of high technology, lost humanity could also say, "In electromagnetism we live, and move, and have our being"  It is ironic that technology, deified by modern man, may turn out to be the false god and curse by which humanity destroys itself.  In truth, this may be a much greater threat to human life than the questionable effects of global warming, as claimed by some.

We live in a veritable ocean of electromagnetism.  All the electrical and electronic devices that routinely fill our lives at home, car, work, and play emit measurable electronic radiation that travels significant distances, some greater and some lesser.  This radiation invades everything, including our bodies.  I am not talking about just high-powered equipment, but even the most innocuous low-powered items, even as small as a battery powered wristwatch.

We live in, we breathe in, we work in, and we play in, a sea of electromagnetism -- 24/7.

Science so-called disagrees on the danger of the modern phenomenon of electromagnetism.  The the jury is still out, but evidence is interesting.  The latest report from some scientists concerns the recent vanishing of pollinating bees, necessary for plant production and human life.  The bees are mysteriously and rapidly dying in different parts of the world and is a cause for great alarm.  The latest theory is that the cause may be the electromagnetism saturating the air caused by increased cell phone usage.  The result could eventually lead to worldwide famine. which sounds like the book of Revelation.  See article at http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/wildlife/article2449968.ece .

Back in the 1980s I lived in a house with an electrical power line running in the wide easement area adjoining my backyard.  One day the power company decided to upgrade that line to handle the very high voltage needed to meet the increased power demand in that section of the city.  Some activist neighbors organized and protested, calling in experts and citing scientific studies trying to prove that such proximity to power lines causes cancer.  The power company brought in its own experts, trying to prove it did not.  They obviously had a vested financial interest.  Of course, we also had a vested interest -- our health.  Guess whose vested interest won?  Money won.  Money trumps science.  Just ask the FDA.  The power lines went up.

In the process, the power company sent out an engineer to my house to make some measurements for me.  He showed me the relatively low voltage levels caused by the power lines versus the higher levels that emanated from such innocent things as my TV, small appliances and even the AC outlets on the walls.  I was surprised at the relative levels of such seemingly harmless items I lived with every day right in my own home.  It's the same with yours. 

But the whole exercise demonstrated to me the ocean of electromagnetism in which we live.

What can we do about it?  Not much, unless you want to become a hermit in the woods somewhere, or maybe wear a protective metal suit like the tin man in The Wizard of Oz.  Even then you will still not escape it all.  Our atmosphere is saturated with it.

Is there real harm?  I do not know, but I am suspicious.  For example, our bodies are comprised of about 100 trillion cells, the incredible complexity in each of which is compared to all the activity going on inside the New York Stock Exchange.  This activity is largely electronic or electro-chemical in nature.  And each of these 100 trillion or so cells is constantly bombarded by external electromagnetism impulses of varying cycles and voltage levels.  I cannot imagine that there is no effect.

Bottom line: Life is hazardous to your health.  Our only hope is in Jesus and His constant protection.  His protective power can transcend any human-made or natural hazards.  Trust in Him.

"This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" (1 John 5:4-5).

Jim