THE MIGHTY CREATOR

I live in Australia and there is a kangaroo living somewhere in my bushy community. I see him skipping across my backyard every once in a while. I love this kangaroo because he has endeared me to the land I live in. You cannot get more Aussie than a kangaroo in your backyard.

I am in awe of Christ’s creative power when I look at animals and the land around me and I am in awe of the magnitude of His work. Elder Bruce R. McConkie said ‘there is no finite way to envision the extent of the worlds created by Christ at the behest of the Father’ and that ‘this small planet was but one speck of dust in a storm swirling over the Sahara’ (The Promised Messiah, p 55; see Moses 1:29-35).

You would think that amidst such quantity, creation would become perfunctory and practicality would be the primary concern of the Creator but nothing could be further from the truth. Our God has taken every thought and care to ensure the success of our mortality. I am certain that His creative power did not extend to function only, that it involved creative intelligence with intent to gladden the eye and bring joy to one’s heart.  I rather fancy that He knew that a kangaroo skipping across my backyard would bring a smile to my face.

I am certain that each particle of this earth was created with love and utmost care and God called it ‘good’ (Genesis 1:31)…… each particle that would become Australia, America, Africa, Bethlehem, Nazareth and CALVARY……

ODE TO THE MIGHTY CREATOR:

Did You ever feel the weight

Of Your calling as You spoke the Word

For the heavens and earth to be?

 

From the valleys, the hills, the oceans,

And grand mountains that be,

You left Your mark of power for all to see.

 

Were You heavy hearted

When You created the hill of Calvary?

But did You hear it whisper Your victory

When You were in Your agony:

The Mighty God, the Author of Creation,

The fountain of all salvation…..

 - CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Paradise Serenade by Greg Collins)