The Creation

by Ruth Tomlin ©


Amid the beauty in heaven
God sat upon His throne;
with angels all around Him
He still felt so alone.
I need someone to talk with,
to fellowship with me.
But first, I must create a place
filled with love and harmony.

Then God, in all His glory
created the planet Earth
and rivers of purest water
sprang forth from dust and dirt.
But the earth still lay in darkness
void of any light,
and God said I will change that
and He created day and night.

He made the mighty oceans,
He made the peaceful seas;
He filled the earth with many herbs
and fruit from many trees.
The waters He filled with creatures,
winged fowl to fly in the air,
beasts to roam all over the earth
each seeking its own for care.



Then, looking down from heaven,
surveying the work He had done,
blessed the fruits of His labor
including the moon and the sun.
God walked through His beautiful garden
there were colors of every hue.
His Eden, a place of beauty,
needed man to share the view.

And God said let us make man -
in my image he shall be.
I will have someone to talk with,
someone to walk with me.
Then bending down, he touched the earth
taking dust in His mighty hand.
He formed the greatest of all creatures -
He formed the body of man.

This beautiful man was so perfect,
was not yet completely whole;
and God breathed life in his nostrils,
made man a living soul.