So I read this quote earlier this afternoon:
"Every creature is a word of God."--Meister Eckhart
And I've been contemplating it ever since. If, as the Bible teaches and leads us, every thing came into being by God speaking it into creation (except for mankind, which He formed)...then all that is around us are echoes of the voice of God. Each creature, each plant, the natural landscape around us...each is a result of a word from God.
Such a thought lends a sacredness to the world around us; we are walking in a world that resonates the Father's voice. These are things we know, on a deep inner level, I suspect, but that we don't contemplate often. Because if we stopped to think of the mirrored holiness around us (for isn't anything that is an echo or whisper of God's voice imbued with some sort of holiness?) then we would be forced to look at how we live in such a world. How we treat the world around us would have to be examined; for though the Lord allows us to use what we need from the world, we should not exploit and abuse it. We shouldn't be casual with things that ring of the sacred, nor dismissive, nor take them for granted. We should not hurry past them, not seeing nor caring, and we certainly shouldn't abuse them. We should delight in each creature and creation of God, we should revel at the beauty and wonder around us, we should be humbled that we are each entrusted with it.
And what of each other? If each creature and creation is an echo or whisper of God speaking the world into being (no matter if the world suddenly came into being or was created in God's time- which is not our own)...then what of man? He crafted us, in His image, and gave us life with His breath. Do you ever stop to wonder at the beauty and diversity of the people all around you; each a masterpiece of God, each loved and sought after by their creator.
If we are beings loved, crafted and cherished by God- each unique, each special, walking in a world filled with creatures and creations that bear the mark of God's voice upon them- that *are* because He once spoke creation into life- then how does that change how you see the world....and yourself?
You stroll, hurry, run, meander and live in a world that is a miracle; a place of wonders and mysteries. The voice of God is echoed in all that is around you, and you are amongst His masterpieces- His precious child who He calls after and adores. Take a moment to live and rejoice in the sacred love that surrounds you,
Be blessed, my friends, and may you be a blessing unto someone else,
Beth
"Every creature is a word of God."--Meister Eckhart
And I've been contemplating it ever since. If, as the Bible teaches and leads us, every thing came into being by God speaking it into creation (except for mankind, which He formed)...then all that is around us are echoes of the voice of God. Each creature, each plant, the natural landscape around us...each is a result of a word from God.
Such a thought lends a sacredness to the world around us; we are walking in a world that resonates the Father's voice. These are things we know, on a deep inner level, I suspect, but that we don't contemplate often. Because if we stopped to think of the mirrored holiness around us (for isn't anything that is an echo or whisper of God's voice imbued with some sort of holiness?) then we would be forced to look at how we live in such a world. How we treat the world around us would have to be examined; for though the Lord allows us to use what we need from the world, we should not exploit and abuse it. We shouldn't be casual with things that ring of the sacred, nor dismissive, nor take them for granted. We should not hurry past them, not seeing nor caring, and we certainly shouldn't abuse them. We should delight in each creature and creation of God, we should revel at the beauty and wonder around us, we should be humbled that we are each entrusted with it.
And what of each other? If each creature and creation is an echo or whisper of God speaking the world into being (no matter if the world suddenly came into being or was created in God's time- which is not our own)...then what of man? He crafted us, in His image, and gave us life with His breath. Do you ever stop to wonder at the beauty and diversity of the people all around you; each a masterpiece of God, each loved and sought after by their creator.
If we are beings loved, crafted and cherished by God- each unique, each special, walking in a world filled with creatures and creations that bear the mark of God's voice upon them- that *are* because He once spoke creation into life- then how does that change how you see the world....and yourself?
You stroll, hurry, run, meander and live in a world that is a miracle; a place of wonders and mysteries. The voice of God is echoed in all that is around you, and you are amongst His masterpieces- His precious child who He calls after and adores. Take a moment to live and rejoice in the sacred love that surrounds you,
Be blessed, my friends, and may you be a blessing unto someone else,
Beth
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