Original Post Date: Friday, July 11, 2008
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning - the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Genesis 1:31-2:3Accomplishment is one of the abilities and emotions that we inherited when we were created in God's image. The Creator, like an artist, takes a step back from the completed masterpiece we call Earth and breathes a sigh of satisfaction. "This is good - very good."
Like a toymaker testing a new wind up toy he has just finished, God takes a day to stop His work and enjoy the scenery. The birds are soaring above the trees, riding the thermals. The caterpillar is inching along a tree branch, dreaming of the day it will take its own flight as a butterfly. Adam sits on the soft grass and gazes into the eyes of the most beautiful creature he has yet seen in the most glorious paradise that ever existed.
Peace and beauty abound.
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