Filled with love and harmony.

Then God, in all His glory

Created the planet Earth

And rivers of purest water

Sprang forth from dust and dirt.

But the earth still lay in darkness

Void of any light,

And God said I will change that

And He created day and night.

He made the mighty oceans,

He made the peaceful seas;

He filled the earth with many herbs

And fruit from many trees.

The waters He filled with creatures,

Winged fowl to fly in the air,

Beasts to roam all over the earth

Each seeking its own for care.

Then, looking down from heaven,

Surveying the work He had done,

Blessed the fruits of His labor

Including the moon and the sun.

God walked through His beautiful garden

There were colors of every hue.

His Eden, a place of beauty,

Needed man to share the view.

And God said let us make man -

In my image he shall be.

I will have someone to talk with,

Someone to walk with me.

Then bending down, he touched the earth

Taking dust in His mighty hand.

He formed the greatest of all creatures -

He formed the body of man.

This beautiful man was so perfect,

Was not yet completely whole;

And God breathed life in his nostrils,

Made man a living soul

By Ruth Tomlin ©