The Creator

 

Come and I will show you what is beautiful. 

 It is a rose fully blown.

See how she sits upon her mossy stem,

 the queen of flowers.

Ring of Fire Roses

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Her leaves glow like fire.  

The air is filled with her sweet odor.

She is a delight of every eye.

But there is One fairer than the rose.

He that made the rose is more beautiful than the rose. 

He is altogether lovely.  He is the delight of every heart.

I will show you what is strong.

The Lion of the Tribe of Judah

(2021)

Steve Goad

Image courtesy/Fine Art America

The lion is strong.   When he raiseth himself up from his lair,

when he shaketh his mane,  when the voice of his roaring is heard,

the cattle of the field fly and the wild beasts of the desert 

 hide themselves; for he is terrible.

But He who made the lion is stronger than the lion.

He can do all things.   He gave us life, and in a moment

can take it away, and no one can save us from His hand.

I will show you what is glorious.  The sun is glorious.

Sunrise over the Negev Desert in Israel

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When he shineth in the clear sky, and when he sitteth

on the throne in the heavens, and looketh abroad over the earth,

he is the most glorious and excellent object the eye can behold.

But He who made the sun is more glorious than the sun.

The eye cannot look on His dazzling brightness.

He seeth all dark places, by night as well as by day.

The light of His countenance is over all the world.

This great Being is God.

He made all things, but, He is more excellent

than all He has made.

He is the Creator,  they are the creatures.

They may be beautiful, but He is Beauty.

They may be strong, but He is Strength.

They may be perfect,  but He is Perfection.

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There is a book, who runs may read,

Which heavenly truth imparts,

And all the lore its scholars need-

Pure eyes and loving hearts.

The works of God, above, below,

Within us, and around,

Are pages in that book, to show

How God Himself is found.

The glorious sky, embracing all,

Is like the Father's love;

Wherewith encompassed, great and small

In peace and order move.

Thou hast given me eyes to see

And love this sight so fair,

Give me a heart to find out Thee

And read Thee everywhere.

"The Creator"
John Keble
(1792-1866)
English Anglican priest and poet
A leader in the Oxford Movement