Here’s something I wrote for out weekly e-newsletter. Feel free to let me know what you think.
This weekend I was reminded of the Creation Story of the first chapters of Genesis. You may know the story, but if not, here's Genesis 1:1-2:3.
Now, I'm not one who goes around remembering Bible stories, but I am one who has a kind of stream of consciousness thought pattern. What sparked this story was that my dad and I were building a fence in my backyard to keep my puppy from running into the busy street. It's a simple dog-eared fence, nothing fancy, but when we were done, we looked upon our creation and saw that it was good.
God does that in Genesis. God stopped creating, looked upon all that God created, and saw it was very good. Now, I don't know if God looked and saw it as "perfect," it only says "good." I certainly can find errors in my fencing, maybe God can find errors in Creation. I'm not sure.
Summer is the time when I get to think about creation and re-creation. The Season after Pentecost, the time that starts 7 weeks after Easter and goes all the way to Thanksgiving, is when we talk about our own growth in worship. That's one of the reasons the seasonal color is green–we are constantly growing.
When God looked at you, God declared you "good;" God didn't declare you "perfect" or "flawless." Good. This summer, as we go to the lake and recreate, please remember to re-create as well. Stop, look at yourself and all you create and declare it good.
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