Creation (Elements of Existence) #AtoZChallenge

The Earth seen from Apollo 17. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Psalm 19:1
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       Humans are creative.  Since we were created in God's image and we are creative then it stands to reason that God is creative.   After all, He created us and all of the universe.  God wants us to create.  We are not intended to just live at the whims of the natural forces of Earth and the universe.  As creative humans we are expected to construct shelter, and creative shelter at that.

        We build amazing structures.  We create beautiful artwork.   We develop cities and the inventions that allow us to have better lives.   Humans compose music and literature.  But do we do all these things for the glory of God?

         God's work supersedes anything than humans can come up with, but still we create for that is part of our legacy.   Perhaps when we create everything with God in mind just as we were created from the mind of God, then we will achieve all that we were intended to be.   This dream is not something that humanity will see in the current corrupted Earth.

           God created us to be creative, but the bounds of our creativity are limited in this fallen world.  Oh, what amazing things to come in the Kingdom of God!

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
Hebrews 11:3

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Adam

God the Father 16 (Photo credit: Waiting For The Word)

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Genesis 2:7

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         Faith is required to believe such a story as the creation of man by God.  Yet is it any more outlandish than to believe that life went through billions of years of gradual changes through numerous organisms and species until a human came into being.   Believing in that takes a great deal of faith from my point of view.  They are theories and suppositions from the incredible human mind.

        This mind of man--is it the product of evolutionary process that began with cells brought to life by a force like lightening and then gradually evolving into various creatures and culminating in the appearance of humans?  The balance and interconnectivity of a complex universe and our biosphere Earth is difficult to conceive as an act of randomness--even if it took trillions of years.  The intelligence of the way everything falls into place begs for a theory of Intelligent Design.

         There is a history before the coming of humankind that no man knows in detail.   According to the Bible, the history of humankind begins with one man.  That man is known as Adam.  

Where the Genealogy of Jesus Christ begins:

... the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Luke 3:38

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Praise Our Amazing God

Asteroid 1950 DA, Arecibo Observatory radar image (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The heavens declare the glory of God;
    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Psalm 19:1

New International Version (NIV)

         The asteroid that had been receiving so much publicity of late missed us.  We are safe from that catastrophe.  Strangely enough though, the day before the anticipated big one was to arrive, a large unexpected meteor exploded over Russia with extensive reports of injuries and property damage.  

          Many objects from space enter our atmosphere on a daily basis, usually with no consequence.  Throughout history some have hit the Earth.  One theory has it that dinosaurs became extinct as a result of a hugely catastrophic asteroid hit upon our planet.   Now astronomers are able to spot most extraterrestrial objects, track them, and make fairly accurate predictions as to what their paths will be.  Still the element of surprise is always there.

         It's a vast, infinitely vast, universe out there.  Amazingly beautiful, wonderfully mysterious, and ultimately unfathomable to even the most brilliant of minds.   Endless, timeless, forever and ever.  Who can truly comprehend the immensity of it all?   

         God's creation is amazing. I can think about it and wonder in wonder.  I smile.  God's blessings and His grace are also amazing. 


He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11

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