I Imagine The God Who Created The Cosmos

Spiral Galaxy NGC2903

 with 

intense star-forming activity

I imagine the God who created the cosmos

as a Spirit, eternally young;

full of light, full of love, full of energy

from whose Word every particle spun,

to be shaped and reshaped through existence

with some to emerge into life

at first simple, then complex, then sentient

bringing love and its dark converse, strife.

This same God, out of deepest compassion,

set power and glory aside,

became human, risked wrath and malevolence

to redeem us from sin’s drowning tide.

Original introductory comments.

In November 2013, we were on The 'Holy Island of LINDISFARNE' as it is formally called, (almost as far North East as one can travel in England before crossing the border into Scotland) nearing the end of a three month Sabbatical - which was a very special time for both Pam and myself. It started in Umbria, near Assisi, and ended in Northumbria.

At the beginning of our stay on the island (which was the base for the Celtic Saints Aidan and Cuthbert), we were walking between the parish church and the medieval Abbey when the words  'God, forever young' came suddenly into my mind. I do not think I have encountered them before, but with a slight variation, they seemed a very appropriate description for a Creator of a Universe which, scientists can now deduce, is constantly being shaped and reshaped. It is also a helpfully long way from the notion, many seem to have acquired, of God as an old man. I hope some of you who read this will also feel this a helpful contrast.
Footnote: Lindisfarne was a part of the Celtic story that stems from Iona. There are poems on this blog about Iona which can be found in the section near the top of the right hand column titled 'My IONA poems'.The most looked at of these is 'IONA, The Nunnery' which is about women's place in the church and justice. To read 'The Nunnery', Click here


Also, other poems, meditations and songs with a SCIENCE and FAITH theme can be accessed HERE