“Whether you like it or not, whether you know it or not, secretly all nature seeks God and works toward [God].”
– Meister Eckhart
Good to know in these days when all of creation seems to be at the very least confused. I am reminded of these words of the Apostle Paul :
The created world was bound to fail. But that was not the result of its own choice. It was planned that way by the One who made it. God planned to set the created world free. He didn’t want it to rot away completely. Instead, he wanted it to have the same glorious freedom that his children have.
We know that all that God created has been groaning. It is in pain as if it were giving birth to a child. The created world continues to groan even now. (Romans 8:20-22 NIRV)
And so do we. Groan, and worry and wonder. But even we are groaning with creation towards our loving creator who planted within us all this glorious freedom to be what we were created to be.
Right now it seems that aging is a part of that created purpose. I’m not liking this. However, this human body must have been created with humor in mind. Yearning for the glorious freedom of life in a ressurected body, count me part of that groaning creation!
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