Life On A Ball

I some­times won­der what the expe­ri­ence of Earth must be for God. The Cre­ator made an amaz­ing per­pet­ual mood-changing lit­tle planet. From the big pic­ture, there is always a sun­rise or a sun­set going on some­where. The round­ness of the planet cre­ates so many dif­fer­ent angles of dawn and dusk that it is never quite the same any­where. There is mid-day heat and cold of night always. Since the planet revolves around the Sun at an angle, there is an added dimen­sion — sea­sons. Win­ter sun­sets are not quite like Sum­mer ones…or Spring ones…or Fall ones.

It would be won­der­ful but over­whelm­ing to us as mere humans to be able to embrace this all at once. To be every­where at the same time equally must be quite a rush. Then again, the rush would be bal­anced. Serene nights and intense days equal out. Dusk and dawn are equally mys­te­ri­ous, but so are mid­day and mid­night. It is snow­ing some­where right now. God is just genius enough to be on very high moun­tains and in very deep val­leys at the same time. Some­where a moun­tain climber is in a white-out con­di­tion at forty below zero. Some­where a jun­gle or desert guide is sweat­ing for all he or she is worth.

If God senses phys­i­cal life through us, then Deity is hav­ing quite a wide range of expe­ri­ences. Deity is expe­ri­enc­ing birth and mur­der simul­ta­ne­ously. The Eter­nal is work­ing and relax­ing at the same time. That Great Being is every age right now — from new­born to very old. The eyes through which that Being looks are many — from small inno­cent child to mature sci­en­tist. I am part of that. You are part of that. In grief, sin is expe­ri­enced. In joy repen­tance is embraced. God seems to be the ulti­mate manic-depressive.

The angle of shad­ows change con­stantly on this lit­tle ball planet. With it the Major Ele­ment is feel­ing alive. Add all of the other plan­ets, solar sys­tems, and galax­ies to that and you have God. Toss in the entire meta­phys­i­cal world and you have the icing on the supra-cosmic cake. Who would not want to be part of this?