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Friday, March 1, 2024
Capon: it was very good
Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601
Meditation:
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. —Genesis 1:31 (KJV)
Quotation:
The world exists, not for what it means but for what it is. The purpose of mushrooms is to be mushrooms, wine is in order to wine: Things are precious before they are contributory. It is a false piety that walks through creation looking only for lessons which can be applied somewhere else. To be sure, God remains the greatest good; but, for all that, the world is still good in itself. Indeed, since He does not need it, its whole reason for being must lie in its own goodness; He has no use for it, only delight.... Robert Farrar Capon (1925-2013), The Supper of the Lamb, New York: Doubleday, 1969, p. 86
(see the book)See also Gen. 1:31; Deut. 23:4; Job 38:4-7; Ps. 19:1-2; 104:24; Isa. 42:5; John 1:3,10; 1 Cor. 8:5-6; Col. 1:15-17; 1 Tim. 4:4; Heb. 1:1-2
Quiet time reflection:Lord, make me more aware of the goodness of Your creation.
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