It was ancient Israel’s unique and distinctive idea that creation—the world around us, created by God—is essentially and fundamentally good, that itsobvious abundance, the fertility of the earth, sun, rain, trees and flowers, the amazing animals—cattle and sheep, birds and fish, lions and elephants and whales—all of it—is a sign of God’s generosity and goodness. When you look at the world, the Bible says, you are seeing something of God. In the Bible, faith begins with an awareness of God’s good and beautiful creation and one’s place in it, one’s part in the amazing, ongoing story of God’s constantly unfolding creation. And the human response to all of that is awe, praise, gratitude, thanksgiving.

John M. Buchanan

November 21, 2021

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