All Creation Yearns


The water sunk low

into six stone jars

seeking to serve someone.

Then He approached.

The modest water saw its God and blushed.


The unbridled wind roared over the face of the water

and the waves smacked back at the wind.

They danced with ecstatic joy and ferocity,

for in a boat that rowed so close

their God lay asleep.


With uneven gait

the four-footed beast

marched forward with pride,

for he carried God on his back,

whose hand alighted softly on the nape of the beast's neck:

a touch never forgotten.

Singing and shouting pricked his ears

and small, slow tears opened his eyes

for there stood tall Jerusalem before his face

and palms beneath his feet.


Songs of Hallel faded into the night

as the sound of sleeping men

echoed through the crisp air.

He fell upon a great rock

sitting still in Gethsemane,

and as His body hit its breast

the rock's heart was wrung

from top to bottom,

but still it stood the night

bearing its Master proudly.

And what seemed like sweat and tears

fell from the face of God

down to the ground below

and watered the earth with blood.


But they hung God out to die

on a cold Friday afternoon.

The tree stood there quietly,

arms stretched forth in agony,

and the sun hid its face in shame

and the earth trembled with sorrow

shuddering with every tearful sob.

And the fish of the sea

and the birds of the air

and the beasts of the earth

all hung their heads low in quiet adoration.


And then, all was silent.


And with one voice all creation cried out for its God and King.

All creation groaned for its Lord.

For He who spoke light

and breathed stars

and sang creation of the water,

For He who stooped to write

with dusty finger

into the very spine of the earth

and so stones fell from sinful hands

onto the dirt below.

Whose very feet treaded softly on the back of tossing waves

and hands outstretched caressed the breathing wind.

Who dignified mere bread and wine

to become partakers of His divine nature.


All creation hoped

for they knew Who died.

He who is Love.

And love stronger than death.