Capon: it was very good

Friday, February 21, 2014
Meditation:
    And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
    —Genesis 1:31 (KJV)
Quotation:
    The world exists, not for what it means but for what it is. The purpose of mushrooms is to be mushrooms, wine is in order to wine: Things are precious before they are contributory. It is a false piety that walks through creation looking only for lessons which can be applied somewhere else. To be sure, God remains the greatest good; but, for all that, the world is still good in itself. Indeed, since He does not need it, its whole reason for being must lie in its own goodness; He has no use for it, only delight.
    ... Robert Farrar Capon (1925-2013), The Supper of the Lamb, New York: Doubleday, 1969, p. 86 (see the book)
    See also Gen. 1:31; Deut. 23:4; Job 38:4-7; Ps. 19:1-2; 104:24; Isa. 42:5; John 1:3,10; 1 Cor. 8:5-6; Col. 1:15-17; 1 Tim. 4:4; Heb. 1:1-2
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, make me more aware of the goodness of Your creation. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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