At the beginning of time
when the waters
lay black, smooth,
unformed,
undisturbed,
depths
masking questions…
When all was silent
a pebble dropped,
a pebble of truth
dropped
into the depths….
…and as it sank the questions
started
spreading as ripples
across the surface
of the deep
God has spoken…
Can you hear creations questions
echoing through time?
This morning I read a report from the BBC about a meeting of world leaders who hope to break the deadlock that resulted from the Copenhagen summit on climate change. The BBC report states that:
"…rich nations have not pledged to cut enough carbon to take the world out of danger."
and that:
"Poor countries refuse to commit to binding caps, saying this would prevent them from developing their economies."
And I wonder what "groanings" we might hear from creation as a response…. we are so deafened to the cries of the planet, deafened by our own greed and complacency deafened by the grinding sound of the wheels of commerce….