We had Dr Terrence Freitham giving us a talk in our Friday Assembly yesterday. His major thesis was: God created the world good, not perfect.
One of his points was creation was messy. Imagin God making Adam out of dirt; making Eve out of Adam's bone? Messy! Then he mentioned an artilce on New York Times: 'Say Yes to Mess' (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/garden/21mess.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1). It was a comfort to messy people like...me.
I had thought about the messiness of the Incarnation. Could you imagine Jesus' birth as nothing but messy? All those bodily fluids, the pain of labour, the cry of a baby...So there is a certain similarity between the Creation and the Incarnation! Wow!
Ok, say yes to mess! But I am not sure my mom will like it very much.
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