This Is God's World

This is God's world
All that is is His
It is not mine
Nor is it yours
It is God's
and only His.

No other power
nowhere no how
in times past,
present or to come
God has it all.

We - you and me
created in His image
to rule
the fish of the seas
the birds of the air
and all the animals.

But, alas,
it was not enough
We - you and me
wanted more
and more
and more.

And now,
we have more
don't we?
Or do we?

We - you and me
wanted so much
more
that destruction and utter chaos
settled around us.

And now
we - you and me
struggle to find a balance.

God provided that balance ...
in the beginning.

Why wasn't it enough?

by Cathy Orrick Luders

6.2.2006