New Creation

Good morning all, Bore da pawb!

For Day 12 *new Psalm reading in the exercise below*

In this time of self isolation, lockdown and quarantine, I think that man of us are developing a new found appreciation for the beauty of creation. Whether it be hearing the birdsong normally masked by the noise of traffic, or breathing the far cleaner air during our mandated exercise sessions, or maybe seeing the goats of the Orme eating your petunias in your front garden. Creation and nature are more important to us than ever.

This morning then I wish to share with you a reflective piece of creative writing on the Creation story which is found at the beginning of Genesis.

In the beginning Jesus was with God and Jesus was God.

God imagined, Jesus spoke and the Holy Spirit moved and created a speck, smaller than a grain of sand, smaller than an atom, even smaller than an electron, a speck containing the infinite possibilities, this was the first stage of creation and God saw that it was good.

God imagined, Jesus spoke and the Holy Spirit moved and the speck, infinitely small, infinitely hot, exploded and expanded, creation spilled out, spiralled out, played out. Matter from the immaterial, this was the second stage of creation and God saw that it was good.

God imagined, Jesus spoke and the Holy Spirit moved and the matter began to coalesce, condensing, taking shape, forming like clay in the hands of the craftsmen. The first stars formed and as the gas clouds contracted under their own gravity, they grew hotter and exploded scattering their new elements across the universe, forming new clouds and then new stars, this was the third stage of creation and God saw that it was good.

God imagined, Jesus spoke and the Holy Spirit moved and gas clouds collapse under their own gravity and begin to rotate, the centre of the forming discs getting hotter and forming stars, the outer parts of the disc cooling and condensing to slowly form planets. Among all of these systems God saw the one that was just right, the one that would be the cradle of life. This was the fourth stage of creation and God saw that it was good.

God imagined, Jesus spoke and the Holy Spirit moved and one planet came to rest in an orbit just the right distance from the sun and just the right size and just the right collection of elements. This third rock out from this little yellow sun began to cool and water began to form on its surface. The building blocks of life gathered on this primordial womb planet. This was the fifth stage of creation and God saw that it was good.

God imagined, Jesus spoke and the Holy Spirit moved and lightning flashed, radiation shone, organic molecules came together, life appeared, life grew, life changed, life became and then the life

God had waited billions of years for, life in which to make his image. Life in which to breathe a soul, a human life, a being born of stardust, created by God. This was the sixth stage of creation and God saw that it was very good.

God reflected, Jesus readied himself and the Holy Spirit waited and all rested from the work of creation and called this seventh stage holy. And mankind saw that God was good

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MORNING

Wake, but do not move to begin with. Be aware of yourself, the air going in and out of your lungs, be aware of your senses and what they are telling you, feel the aches and pains of life that were dulled a bit by rest.

Give thanks, because all you feel means you are alive, the world is better for you being in it.

Take a moment to think of ONE positive thing you will try to do today.

Psalm 34:1-3 (Read through slowly 3 times)

I will bless the Lord at all times;
    his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
    let the humble hear and be glad.
Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
    and let us exalt his name together!

BREAKFAST

As you make your breakfast, be mindful of each thing you do as you do it. Be fully present.

As you consume your breakfast offer thanks for the producers and distributers of our food, water and power.

LUNCH

Pause. Sit. Breathe. You are still here.

Follow the same routine of mindfulness and thanks as at breakfast.

DINNER/TEA

Same as for lunch

EVENING BEFORE SLEEP

Be aware of yourself, the air going in and out of your lungs, be aware of your senses and what they are telling you, feel the aches and pains of life that will be dulled a bit by rest.

Give thanks, because all you feel means you are alive and have lived, the world is better for you being in it.

Thanks be to God.

Amen