In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
In the beginning, God created the
heavens and the earth. And it was good. God saw all that He had made,
and He called it very good. And so it was. Nothing that God creates
is bad. God created all things, and without Him was nothing made that
has ever existed.
All things were perfectly arranged.
The sea had its course and the dry land its bounds. The night and the
day, the heaven and the earth, all had their times and motions and
seasons. Every tree and plant and herb brought forth fruit and seed,
each according to its own kind. All the animals of the earth grew and
thrived. And God created man to be the pinnacle of creation, the
bearer of the image of God in the flesh. Everything was perfect,
precisely according to the plan and purpose of God.
But, then, this begs the question:
who is this God?
