Jesus ~ Creator

Creator:

“He is the image of the invisible God,

the firstborn of all creation. 

“For by Him were all things created,

both in the heavens and on earth,

visible and invisible,

whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities;

all things have been created through Him and for Him.”

~ Colossians 1:15,16

Mimes…

so imaginative and entertaining.

They communicate stories in such an amazing way;

fascinating minds, stirring emotions, piquing curiosity.

Mimes use no word, no props,

…nothing.

Well, not exactly nothing.

The word “nothing”, taken literally,

conveys an artificial message;

it can only be applied metaphorically.

For example…

“What are you doing?”… “Nothing.”

Well, you’re breathing, aren’t you?

“There’s nothing like a home-cooked meal.”

People often enjoy restaurant foods which taste like Mom’s cooking.

“What’s in the empty jar?”… “Nothing.”

I’ll bet it has air in it.

True portions of nothing only existed (so to speak)

before the creation of the universe;

 “The earth was formless and void…”

~Genesis 1:2

 even so..

“In the beginning, God…”

~Genesis 1:1

God did not scrape together so many ingredients

to whip up a batch of constellations

as if making cookies from scratch.

There were no ingredients,

no chemicals to react,

no Protista to evolve,

nothing big to bang.

God did not discover, or realize, or detect, or encounter,

or reproduce, or build, or construct the heavens and the earth

by using anything containing mass or matter which previously existed.

God spoke.

God originated everything,

generated everything,

caused everything to begin.

He created all things

from nothing…

…nothing, that is, except God Himself;

God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit,

the Three in One.

God spoke

and it was,

and it was good.

 “Then God said,

‘Let Us make man in Our image,

according to Our likeness…’”

~Genesis 1:26

“…Christ Jesus,

who, although He existed in the form of God,

did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

but emptied Himself,

taking the form of a bond-servant,

and being made in the likeness of men…”

~Philippians 2:5-7

…and when I stand in awe and whisper, “Thank You, Jesus!”

He, and He alone, can honestly reply,

“It was nothing.”