Before there
were humans there was a wild ass and lilies.
Before there were humans there were cockroaches and daffodils. Before there were humans there were fishes of
the sea, fowls of the air, and grasses and herbs of every kind. Of this the scientists and theologians all
agree. The sequence of Genesis is very
much the sequence proposed by scientists for the creation of life.
It is commonly
thought that humans were created last because we were the epitome of his
creation. But what if we are an
afterthought? Does God love his other
creations equally?
I believe that
God loves his other creations in a way that does not necessarily conform to
human purposes. We are concerned with
the usefulness of the tree and are confused by what good a mosquito could be
for. God took great pains and time to
create beauty, grace, color, seasons, and motion in an infinite variety. He used patterns that include us, but existed
before us. Did he create it all for
us? Or did He create it all for his own
pleasure and delight in creation, and we are allowed to share in it?
In fact, we are
even asked to exercise dominion over it.
What does dominion mean? One
definition is, “the power of life and death.”
It seems true that we hold that power over his creation. How sad he must feel at times as he sees the
death and destruction of his creations, not for our use, or for further
creation, but for senseless greed and waste.
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