Beautiful Things

This week I went away with a bunch of mates and we chatted a lot about the story of creation.  I think no matter what your beliefs on the creation of the world are, there's no arguing its beauty. I felt so humbled by the notion that we were created from the dusts of the earth, yet here we are, purposeful beings, with beating hearts and breathing lungs and eyes to see and mouths to speak.

In the first book of the bible, creation is described. After God makes each element he states "It is good".  On the sixth day, God created human beings;  "³¹ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good". The original hebrew is 'Tov Meod'.  This means that not only are we good, we are created in the image of God, and we were so much greater than He ever planned.

"You make beautiful things out of the dust, you make beautiful things out of us"

These song lyrics from Beautiful Things by Gungor basically sum it all up perfectly. It reminds me that we can see the broken restored. That even the dirtiest of objects can be wiped and washed clean. God has made us new, and is still making us new. 

For all of this - cheers God!

Amen and out-

Kate