Quotes About Creation

You have created all things, and because of Your will they exist and were created. Revelation 4:11

He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:10–12)

We are His creation—created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10

You, my Lord, are faithful to all Your promises and loving toward all You have made. (Ps. 145:13)

God is busy making you someone no one else has ever been.

He acknowledged our God-given need to matter by telling us to rule over them and subdue them. Furthermore, God could have made the garden of Eden self-maintaining. Instead, He appointed Adam to work it and take care of it. God could have created the animals with names, but He knew Adam could use the challenge and the satisfaction naming them would bring. In the same way Eve received a purpose that granted significance. No one else was a suitable helper to Adam.

Without the potter, clay is just dirt.

Jesus is not a superhuman. He is God. The beloved, divine Son of Him who occupies the throne of all creation.

My God, since the creation of the world Your invisible qualities—Your eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. (Rom. 1:20) O, merciful God, help us not exchange the truth of God for a lie, and worship and serve created things rather than You, our Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. (Rom. 1:25)

So please forgive my self-loathing. Help me to praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. I know that full well (Ps. 139:14).

Bring My sons … and My daughters from the ends of the earth—everyone called by My name and created for My glory Isaiah 43:6–7

The LORD God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils. Genesis 2:7

I will praise You, because I have been re- markably and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and I know this very well. Psalm 139:14

At times He seemed just like a friend, Unique but one of us. Then suddenly we saw the One Who formed us from the dust.

God made to spring up. It's a wonder that God would choose to slowly grow what He could have simply created grown. Why on earth would He go to the trouble to plant a garden forced to sprout rather than commanding it into existence, full bloom? Why leave His desk and get His pant legs soiled? Because God likes watching things grow.

He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; His lightning to the ends of the earth. Job 37:3

God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit desired the existence of humanity for fellowship. They wanted humans to have a will of their own because they wanted to be chosen. Not commanded. They knew that equipping humanity with a will would necessitate a plan for redemption because we would ultimately make some very poor choices. Thus, the plan of salvation was already completely intact before the creation of the world. When the Holy Trinity was ready, each member participated in the creation.

You have turned things around, as if the potter were the same as the clay. Isaiah 29:16

God created male and female with an intricate balance of sameness and distinction, an impressive concoction of common part and counterpart. Each image bearers. Each of equal worth. Each necessary for a future. Each necessary for survival.

I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.

I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.

Marriage and the creation of families has been an integral part of our society since its creation; it should not be defined without the kind of involvement by the people which a constitutional process would require.

Doesn't assuming that an intelligence created these perfect conditions require far less faith than believing that a life-sustaining Earth just happened to beat the inconceivable odds to come into being?

One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.