Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made,
and behold, it was very good.
And there was evening and there was morning,
the sixth day.
Imagine God in the beginning
with a most MAGNIFICENT idea,
“Let’s CREATE”.
But what to create…?
What would be worthy of creation?
Any mere physical OBJECT, or even a complete SYSTEM,
no matter how beautiful or intricate,
no matter how complex or how ingenious,
no matter how imaginative,
would be rather pointless without someone to APPRECIATE it.
Imagine our world with everything except PEOPLE,
still a marvelous accomplishment!
A self-contained system supporting all the needs of life,
countless forms of life reproducing and adapting
to carry forward into the future.
In perpetual harmony, generation after generation.
A JEWEL in the cosmos, energized by the sun.
But, WHO would know about it?
Would God be satisfied with the result of such an effort?
Watching a wind-up toy of His own devices?
So in His own image, He created beings with awareness,
possessing the means of APPRECIATING it all.
With the ability to compose THESE WORDS, for example.
INFINITELY more valuable than mere living and dying.
So, after populating the world with life,
and everything required to sustain life,
He adds the icing on the cake.…
ME!
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