Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Ode to a Green Thumbed God


Psalm 65 is a whopper. Deists need not apply. For this God is not a clock winder who gets the machine going and flits off to another universe to take care of some unfinished business. Rather, this is a STAYING God, an ever present God, a green thumb God who delights in the detailed daily maintenance tasks. Listen up to the Psalmist.


Praise is due to you,

O God, in Zion;

and to you shall vows be performed,

O you who answer prayer!


You forgive our transgressions ...


By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance ...


By your strength you established the mountains ...


You silence the roaring of the seas ...


you provide the people with grain...


You crown the year with your bounty ...


Pastures, hills, meadows, and valley shout and sing together for joy delighting in an intimate connection with the loving God whose divine hands fashioned clod hoppers, crawfish, you and me, and yes, even the smarty pants who can't see beyond their own nose to get a sense of the unseen Seer who is still intimately involved in a love relationship with all earthly things.


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♪♫ Eric Bibb - "Don't let nobody drag your spirit down" http://tr.im/nfii







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