God Sets Boundries on the Earth

Creation: A Divine Cycle
Praise from and for God's Creation

Praise God the Provider

Psalm 104:5-9. New International Version

5 He set the earth on its foundations;
    it can never be moved.
6 You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
7 But at your rebuke the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
8 they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned for them.
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

For Reflection

Usually, I quote "The Message" because of its use of contemporary language and its point of view.  Occasionally, especially in more poetic sections, something is said in the brevity and imagery in other versions of Bible that cannot be conveyed otherwise.   Read these passages, not for the facts, but for the truths beyond the language.  Let your mind roam over these images and expand the words visually. Listen to the music that the visions suggest. Let your thoughts go beyond reason into the event as a witness. Suspend your preference for the existential. Allow yourself the pleasure of diving into the creative force that is God and accept the mystery.


Pray

Praise God for God's creative power.  Thank God for blessing you with the ability to experience life as life was meant to be, full of wonder and beauty.  Thank God for endowing the universe with the capacity to create.  Pray that you use your creative powers to the glory and honor of God.