Reading in my Genesis commentary this morning while chomping
on a bowl of Captain Crunch Berries, I hit a profound statement from Wolfgang
Capito. “If a reader who has any sort of
confidence in the Scriptures should contemplate the ordering of God’s word…it
will quickly be recognized that God’s strength and power are infinite. Then one
will also understand that this universe and all its parts depend on his will
and word. Once persuaded that everything
was created ex nihilo (out of nothing) by the Father’s coeternal word, we will
conclude that this one and the same [Father] keeps all things in existence as
far as he wishes.” I paused here,
thinking intently and got up to get more cereal. If God, who created time, the whole universe,
created the earth and everything in it – Out Of Nothing, ex nihilo – if these
immense procedures required the word of God then
all requires the word of God. As I stood, tears welled up in my eyes. For those of you who don’t believe, please
believe that I believe. As I struggle
and struggle reading this commentary on the beginning made me think of me. That may sound silly but that was the
Lord. He started it, he will finish it –
no matter what it is. And this brings me
peace, truly. If our Great God can bring
into existence the sun and mountains (my favorite) and whales and dolphins (Lucia’s
favorite) out of nothing then he can
walk me through each and every single step of my struggle because he keeps all
things and this Elizabeth in
existence through his words.
Back to eating Captain not so Crunchy and reading….EJB
