HIS CREATION PLAN

earth...
silica, metals, by-products of lives past;
strata of organic matters,
soils for crops,
vastly complex layers of support;
protector, you nurture,
blanket of life.
Oh Lord, protect my friends and family,
send your beliefs through the generations
and my genetics.
nurture my life and blanket me
with Your love, protection, and safekeeping.

Creation, oh Creation;
amazingly graceful Creation.
So complex and organized,
yet only here by thought of Creator God.

air...
full of power, vastly energized,
struck through with all colors;
tumultuous broad horizons
of vapor and desires.
life-giving chemical exchange
master-disperser of seed,
air is nothing
yet it holds all things,
enclosure; not seen, yet never doubted.
Oh Lord! Your air fills my blood!
Also my lungs, and my hoarse prayers,
my shouts of exultation,
all songs of praise course through it!
I close on and pierce the envelope;
Spirit, you are my desire.
All power comes from God.

Creation, oh Creation;
amazingly graceful Creation.
So complex and organized,
yet only here by thought of Creator God.

water...
moisten the earth and grant it renewal,
course on the wings of the storm,
renew my parched longing,
bring closure to my need,
restore life to the dusty, darkness below.
All living creatures rejoice in the rains;
after their thirst they lay quiet in repose.
Mix with the earth and sanctify;
bring nourishment;
falling waters are as music to my heart.

Carry me forward from the darkness I despise;
I am watered and prosper in the keeping of my Lord.

flesh...
Oh miracle, oh damnation of man.
Cellular structure, fiber, muscle tissue bundles,
bone and skin and short copper hairs that gleam in the sunshine.
Long tresses of blonde and ebony,
shining and clinging to the softness of her neck.
Coursing emotions and raging desires,
subtle variations and immense longing and need.
Purpose, direction, character, intimacy;
a mind that sees and builds and conquers
and discovers and creates and loves and dies.
Eyes that search, fingers that caress,
feet that journey, lips that pray;
a man is born and courses forward-
he makes a child and kneels to search his heart.
His wife gives birth and nourishes;
richly she provides and protects and supports and sustains.
A small bundle of cells grows larger and takes wing
through a vast world of conflicting desires,
his ancestral mistakes and victories his burden,
His love for his God his one hope and promise.

Man's follies would fill many volumes,
but only one Book saves his days.
God created man for his purpose,
will your desires thwart his plan?
Whose pain is more important than that of his maker?
Who will be your herald when your bones are one with the earth?
Will you bask in the eternal light of God's desire and affection?
Will you satisfy the empty space in your heart with yourself?
It is nonsense to mock the creation plan of God.

Creation, oh Creation amazingly graceful Creation.
So complex and organized,
yet only here by thought of Creator God.