There’s a certain kind of beauty in the works of God. We recognize it when we see it. We know that something has come from God.
There is in it both grandeur and a certain kind of simplicity. It is unique but it is never out of place. There is modesty, there is space, there is rhythm. There is nothing forced about it. Nothing that is superfluous. Nothing that is without purpose or better end.
The beauty of His works proclaim His glory. It proclaims His power and His generosity.
But it also reflects His tenderness and humility. It shows us He cares for the little things as much as He cares for the great ones.
There is not a tiny detail to life that God has ever forgotten. There is not one stroke of His works that is done without love.
God did not invent death, and when living creatures die, it gives him no pleasure. He created everything so that it might continue to exist, and everything he created is wholesome and good. There is no deadly poison in them. No, death does not rule this world, for God’s justice does not die. -Wisdom 1, GNT
THERE ARE NO SQUARE STARS
Come to think of it, when have you ever seen the following?
A square leaf
A square fruit
A square tree
A square raindrop
Coming to think of it, nature, unlike man, does not produce
Square moons
Square suns
Square planets
Or square galaxies
There are no square rainbows
Nor square flowers
Nor square heads
that could fit inside a square box
Yet more often than not, that’s exactly what we do.
We try to put everything inside a box
We try to make all things black and white
We try to make everything spic and span
as though we could put a square peg inside a round hole
and then congratulate ourselves for the feat we have done
Since the dawn of man-made technology,
we have certainly lived in a world of squares:
square houses
square buildings
square computer screens
We write on square papers using square tables
We sleep on square beds and enter upon square doors
Where has all these taken us?
These square things have made a war with our own hearts
And against all mysteries that enrich and empower us
The next time someone tries to put your immortal soul inside a small box
Kindly remind yourself:
There are no square stars in the Universe.
Check Jocelyn's books:
"Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief", "Mend My Broken Heart", "Questions to God", "To Love an Invisible God", "Defending My Catholic Faith", and more - click here.
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