And finally, when you thought it was never going to end, here's my little personal postscript to our Harvest Celebration of Creation and Creativity, partly inspired by those practical deists who will die in a ditch over a literal belief in a 6 day creation but don't give a thought to the ongoing stewardship of this wonderful but wounded world... (There is also a line that owes more than a little to the late great Humphrey Lyttleton on "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue", which speaks volumes to my lack of real poetic pretensions!)
On the
eighth day he arose…
And
the work goes on…
With
us as his apprentices
Implanted
with his seed
The
soul-seed of creation and salvation
Creativity
and re-creation.
And
so it continues day and night
The
living word bringing order out of chaos
Day in day out,
Week
in and week out,
Resting
from work and working from rest
Until
the last minute of the last day…
When
the hands of time tip over into eternity
When
all creation bows before its creator
And
once more he says
It is good…
Shalom
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