Maker of Heaven and Earth
Colossians 1:16 with Jenny Lake and Mount Teewinot, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
“For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him.” Colossians 1:16
Things in Heaven and Earth
On Earth there are many beautiful things. God created all things! Things in Heaven and on Earth. How much more beautiful will Heaven be!
Colossians 1 proclaims Jesus as Creator and Lord. Click to read more of Colossians 1.
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I believe heaven is indeed earth, we are here to create the garden and care for it, not to destroy and sit still watch it get destroy. Planting trees and caring for animal is what God intended.
Fortunately, the Bible tells us that someday God will create a new earth. He will re-create this one and restore it. It will always remain pristine in the animals and the people who live on it, will live in peace. Even the predators will no longer eat other animals. As Isaiah tells us, “The wolf and lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the LORD.”
You do such a positive and faithful thing, here. I wonder about how much of a Christian Emily Dickinson was. I bet I mentioned this before? She does go into religion. My favorite poem, by anyone and without words about faith, is hers:
A Bird, came down the Walk –
He did not know I saw –
He bit an Angle Worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,
And then, he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass –
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass –
He glanced with rapid eyes,
That hurried all abroad –
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought,
He stirred his Velvet Head. –
Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers,
And rowed him softer Home –
Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,
Leap, plashless as they swim.
Hi Fred! I appreciate your kind words about my work that I do on this site. Thank you for the poem. I don’t know much about Emily Dickerson, other than that she was a great poet, so I don’t know what her faith was. Thank you for inserting her poem here. It’s a nice vision of God’s creation.