THE EVER PRESENT WHY

THE EVER PRESENT WHY

11/20/19 

The author asks the question,  “Why it is that those who seek God do not see God in the creations of God?”Wisdom 13: 1-9

These verses concentrate on the wonders of nature and the obvious fact, to him anyway, that the wind, the rain, the flowers, the animals, and the oceans are right there, but the seekers miss it all. They are searching for God while surrounded by his glory. He asks how can they call these things gods and not wonder where they came from in the first place. 

I don’t know how many people in the world believe that God created it.  But those who say a creator is impossible, counter those who say random creation is impossible. I can’t watch a hummingbird or examine a Queen Anne’s Lace blossom then attribute their existence to randomness. But some people do. 

Maybe that is why some people can ignore the existence of, or the rights of, other people.  If they decide that other humans are somehow not exactly like themselves, they then feel free to hate them, resent them, abuse them or even kill them. 

There are differences such as skin color, religion, language or culture, which can and do create divisions among us.  However, the fact remains that each person is a creation of God.  That God loves each person in the same measure.  That is very hard to keep in focus when we are dealing with the actions of other people.   Still, that is what God expects from us.  From the communication with the earliest people, to the present, God has called on us to love one another.  It remains the hardest thing to do.  

God is not unaware of our struggle, however.  The struggle to follow his command even though our emotions run high is tough.  Our prayer should always be that God would give us the strength and the will to do what he commands in spite of our inclination to do the opposite.

God is love, but if we stay that level of pious thought without identifying our everyday experiences of goodness and caring with God’s presence, we are like the people raving about the glories of nature while ignoring the creator of such glories. God is with us at all times and all good comes from the presence of God within us. 

That alone should be enough for us to follow Christ’s example with confidence. 

Blessings

Carol Lemelin OPA