RELIGIOUS
VERSE
Genesis
(After the Big Bang)
in the vacuum of the night,
came
that cosmic detonation
of
God’s eternal light.
The
sound of that commotion
so
difficult to define,
rippling
in the celestial ocean,
is
a sign of God’s design.
And
the universe that dawned
on
that fundamental hour
continues
on and on,
as
a measure of His power.
If
we had been there with the Lord
at
the beginning of it all,
we
would have seen His light flash outward
and
here his cosmic call.
We
would have seen the light expand
in
reaction to his will.
From
that wondrous loud command,
we
can hear his thunder still.
We
could see the stardust spinning,
each
condensing into a mass,
in
each galaxy beginning
as
clouds of swirling gas.
Much
later in production
we
could see the earth begun,
amidst
the solar system’s construction
around
a primal sun.
The
sun would later shine
above
a lifeless sea,
as
organic compounds align
into
the Creator’s recipes
Then
the Spirit of the Lord
would
move upon the land.
Where
footsteps had not trod,
He
would spread his cosmic hand.
Where
he pointed there was thunder.
His
glare as lightning shot,
with
a special touch of wonder
the
spark of light begot.
After
a thoughtful glance,
he
stirred the primal stew,
but
left a measure of chance
in
that organic, amorphous brew.
Having
set his plan in motion,
he
let the molecules stray,
on
a path of evolution
that
continues still today.
Genesis
II (The Second Creation)
Where
a variation bordered,
He
stuck his finger in.
He
divided up the orders
but
let the strongest win.
The
spark of his Creation
was
tested in every age.
Three
billion years duration
was
enough to set the stage.
Around
the simplest cells of slime
the
patterns of life evolved.
Through
countless eons of time,
complex
life forms evolved.
From
jelly fish to dinosaurs,
change
was left to luck.
Evolution
had traveled far,
often
running amuck.
Then
one day, in a more gentle clime,
the
Lord was filled with mirth.
Instead
of allowing chance this time,
He
came personally down to earth.
From
the forest’s leafy cover,
he
selected from the least.
He
would make it rule the others
--a
tiny, large-eyed beast.
After
millions of years of anticipation
and
gently guiding it along,
He
looked down upon this aberration,
Something
was dreadfully wrong!
Not
man or beast nor fish or fowl,
half
man, yet like an ape.
After
studying this oddity awhile,
the
Lord now changed its shape.
From
simian to man, he clearly defined
by
giving him human thought.
On
other creatures he now dined
with
weapons he had wrought.
With
fire to warm him at night
and
a family by his side,
God’s
chosen won the fight
in
evolution’s tide.
And
God withdrew in meditation.
He
knew he wasn’t done.
He
would one day finish Creation
by sending His begotten Son.