Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalm 97:1 (New Living Translation)

The Lord is king!
Let the earth rejoice!
Let the farthest coastlands be glad.

I am logical, scientific, rational, and all those boring things. A coastland being glad? Are you kidding? That is just a place where land meets water. How can it be glad? Yet, here it is, right in front of me.

There is much in the Old(er) Testament about how the creation—all of the creation—enjoying the blessings of God. I seem to understand that on some days, but there are plenty of other days where I shrug it off as some sort of poetic stuff that really doesn’t have to make any sense.

Still, here it is, right in front of us. All of creation rejoices as the Creator is in charge. The Creator knows what to do and how to keep it all spinning and in balance. Who are we to think that we can destroy or recreate any of it?