On The Subject of Creation...
I found this beautiful bit of commentary in my "Knowing The Doctrines Of The Bible" textbook that I thought I would share regarding the topic of creation. So simple, yet it paints such a beautiful picture of the hierarchy that God created between man and beast. Beautiful imagery:
Man has filled the earth with his productions. It is his special privilege to subdue the power of nature unto himself. He has forced the lightning to be his messenger, has put a girdle round the globe, has climbed up to the clouds and penetrated to the depths of the sea. He has turned the forces of Nature against herself; commanding the winds to help him in braving the sea. And marvelous as is man's rule over the external, dead nature, more marvelous still is his rule over animate nature. To see the rained falcon strike down the quarry at the feet of his master and come back, when God's free heaven is before him; to see the hound use his speed in the service of his master; to take a prey not to be given to himself; to see the camel of the desert carrying man through his own home: all these show the creative ability of man and his resemblance to God the Creator.
- Anonymous
And to that, all I can say is:
How Great Thou Art
Oh Lord my God when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
When Christ shall come
With shout of acclamation
To take me home
What joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim my God how great Thou art
Then sings my soul my savior God to Thee
How great Thou art
How great Thou art
Then sings my soul my savior God to Thee
How great Thou art how great Thou art.
posted by Stephanie @ 9:20 AM
20 Comments:
Amen sister, Amen.
First off, Stephanie: I love this blog and I love the questions you raise and the spirit in which you raise them. I can assure you, I am not awesome...and I'm definitely not awesome-er. :) Anything that you find encouraging that comes from my lips(keyboard?) should draw praise to the Father! Lord knows I never thought like this before I allowed the Holy Spirit into my life through accepting Christ as my personal savior!
Second off: This is a comment for the last post, and since I don't know how often people go back and read old post comments I'd thought I'd copy/paste it here.
"Pauper Frater:
Interesting thought. I would be interested to see what scriptural backing you have for Mary's obedience undoing the disobedience to Eve? "
Does anyone here know where that thought originates from. I can't think of any scriptures that substantiate that claim. It's definitely an interesting thought, and one I hadn't thought about before.
qwuanzcr
You know, this is a first for me to be honest, and I am ABSOLUTELY going to present this to my Theology prof. on Monday.
Which brings me to a moment of (what we like to call in my young adult group) "Stephanie Tangent Time". Honestly, this is why I LOVE my Theology class, because it inspires within me a contant flow of questions, ideas, and new concepts that were always swirling around in my mind but never brought to the surface in a real, coherent, sensical sort of way. And as always: I appreciate all of you and your comments, ideas, and debates, because I believe God flows through all of us here to help us all gain a better understanding of Him and His purpose by allowing us to bounce ideas off of one another. I love this! And I love all of your blogs respectively because you are all doing the same there. Love it love it love it. (And Luke, hate to break it to you, but yes, you still remain "awesome-er". :)
LOVE that hymn. One of my absolute favs.
DOnt let her flatter you Luke. Thats how she keeps you coming back. I have been stuck here for 3 weeks!!
SEND FOOD!!!
PLEASE!!!
And a huge AMEN to the post!'
love your stuff as of late. Before my brain went nuts I ustacoulda written like this
(practicing my "Texas-talk")
Food? Come on Steve, that's so horizontal. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
Sounds like someone needs to read more. :)
Brain went nuts? Is that a recent thing?
USTACOULDA - perfect
Thanks Steve, but I'm not going to let you give me credit for this particular post, considering I got it out of a textbook. I just thought it was beautifully composed and it created in my mind a breathtaking vision of God's creation.
And when exactly (and how and why) did your brain go nuts Mr. Steve?
oh, and here's some help on that Texas talk: (from Foxworthy)
Sensuous: Sensuous up, couldja grab me a beer?
Mayonnaise: Mayonnaise a lotta good-lookin' girls in this bar.
Fascinate: I got me nine buttons on this shirt, but I can only fascinate.
European: Hey dude, turn the other way. European on my boots.
Juanita: Juanita nutter six-pack o' beer.
Usurp: You want some jelly for yer pancakes? ... No thanks, I'll usurp.
Widjadidja: You didn't brin your wallet widjadidja?
Oh no Looh-ick, I think you just did it. This could get ugly...
Oh and Steve: Come on now. Like I've said before: Birds of a feather my friend. You're stickin' around for a reason :)
Oh AND "USTACOULDA" WAS perfect. LOL
*shaking head at Luke's sad attempt at Texan vernacular* And I'm not even from there! lol
I was just trying to find a way to use
"ustacoulda" and thats all that popped into my head
Oh Luke you must STOP and DESIST with all attempts at Texas Talk. As a life-long Texan (and oh so proud of it) NONE of those words are in my vocabulary. I think if you move a bit east to the state of Arkansas you will find some of those phrases.
Thank you, The Texas management
oops...
*slinks away into the shadows*
To see the rained falcon strike down the quarry at the feet of his master and come back, when God's free heaven is before him; to see the hound use his speed in the service of his master; to take a prey not to be given to himself; to see the camel of the desert carrying man through his own home: all these show the creative ability of man and his resemblance to God the Creator.
Beautiful, Stephanie! Thank you for sharing this today.
Brad
I'm just laughin' at all of ya.
And I always laugh at Foxworthy humor. Thanks for sharin'.
Oh Luke I didn't mean to sound so harsh. Ha ha, the sad thing is that I'm sure someone somewhere in this big ol state says all of those things.
In fact, my accent gets MUCH worse the more I'm around someone with a good Texas accent. Sad.
We'll be sure to keep you away from Brian then, K-T. Gotta watch those Dallasites and their accents!
I swear Brian is chanelling a good ol country boy. His accent makes me laugh because he is such a city guy.
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