Daily Meditation: The Renewal of the Whole Creation

Sunday December 8, 2013 The Renewal of the Whole Creation   Our final homecoming involves not just ourselves and our fellow human beings but all of creation.  The full freedom of the children of God is to be shared by the whole earth, and our complete renewal in the resurrection includes the renewal of the universe.  That is the great vision of God's redeeming work through Christ.   Paul sees the whole created order as a woman groaning in labour, waiting eagerly to give birth to a new life.  He writes:  "It was not for its own purposes that creation had frustration imposed on it, but for the purposes of him who imposed it - with the intention that the whole creation itself might be freed from its slavery to corruption and brought into the same glorious freedom as the children of God"  (Romans 8:20-21).   All that God has created will be lifted up into God's glory.                 We are now sending Weekly Advent e-reflections. If you'd like to receive these weekly emails, click the "Update Profile/Email Address" link at the bottom of this email or click here and enter your email address. Comment on this Daily Meditation. Join our Advent book discussion. Click here for details.   Visit our website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community. Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.

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