Genesis 1, Psalms 1 & 2

As I write today, I am wistfully aware of the disconnect between myself and the natural world. I have been confined indoors due to a winter cold, and I sense a bit of “cabin fever” within. Reading the opening lines of the Bible, I am immersed in reflections on the beauty, wonder, and mystery of the universe. I am happy my thoughts and imagination can take me outdoors, because my body is stuck here at the kitchen table—for the moment, that is.

“I am well enough,” I tell myself, “to venture outdoors.” In fact, I have planned an automobile trip of 150 miles or more today. I am very eager to begin, for I believe the views of earth and sky, lakes and trees will have a restorative effect on my soul. Sensing the God-created world and being in it almost always do that for me.

So I thank and praise God for these great books of creation—the Bible’s Book of Genesis and My Creator’s “Book” of Nature. May the Creator-God bless you, too, reader!

Kunz-Saile, Annedore. Creation, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN.  http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54262 [retrieved December 30, 2018]. Original source: Rich Lewis, Flickr Creative Commons.