He breathed and the Stars were Born

"Ingrid," the great white heron
Coosa River farm




"I'm thanking you, God, from a full heart,
I'm writing the book on Your wonders.
I'm whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy;
I'm singing Your song, High GOD."
(Psalm 9:1 The Message)

"Before He made the world, the Creator made a plan - a very grand plan. And at the appointed time in His very grand plan, the Creator made the heavens and the earth, and the earth spun empty and dark - inky black and darker than a moonless night. No shiny stars bejeweled the night sky. No big oaks stood tall in the forest, no humans or field mice or little, speckled tree frogs scurried over the face of the earth."

"The Creator merely spoke and the heavens appeared. He breathed the word and all the stars were born. He commanded the waters to gather, and there were oceans. He charged the earth to sprout, and ferns and Indian paintbrush and Grancy Greybeard and trees of every species sprang forth."

"He spoke the sun and the moon and the stars into the galaxies and water creatures into the seas and land creatures onto solid ground and birds into the heavens."

"And before He rested, the Creator formed a human creature in His very own image and named him Adam."1

Dear human creature, beloved of God, in this Thanksgiving season, offer praise and thanks to the One who made the heavens and the earth and you.

1 A WILLOWKINS CHRISTMAS STORY. Jill Glassco, 2017.