it was good

Love created

and it was good

very good

 

this was the original blessing

this goodness that fills everything

 

the mountain that looms

the sea that crashes

the creek that bubbles

 

this is the goodness that makes

saints of all four-legged animals (Thomas Merton)

and perhap a few two-legged ones too

 

this goodness is Sacred

the Sacred is goodness

 

and it is all too often forgotten!

the original blessing soon forgotten

paradise lost

Eden exchanged for a wasteland

 

and so we trod, snake infested ground

sterile ground

unaware of the blessing

which we have left behind

 

and yet there is goodness all around us

there is goodness within us

there is goodness in our play

and goodness in our work

 

goodness lies deep

it is woven into the fabric of everything

for goodness flows

from the good heart of God

and permeates all

 

the earth is good

life is good

we are good

very good indeed

 

 

 

so let us wake up to the goodness

let us look for it and find it

in the earth

in those around us

and in ourselves

 

and live life

with open hearts

open minds

open eyes

and open hands

 

for we are God’s workmanship

and that

is very, very good