The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. –Genesis 2:7
Sometimes, it’s hard to understand how in the world we ended up breathing. Dust is dust, it dances with the wind; tell me, if you can catch it, you get a prize! We get the soles of our feet caught up with it, we let our bodies fall dirty to it, yet He gave us breath of life with it…
He picked a big, round circle on a red patch of the earth for our face. A little stick for our bodies. A few stick for our hands and arms. A big line for our feet.
THEN he decided to give us features. Twigs for faces, holes for dimples and freckles, curves for our bodies, even rocks for espinitas!
He uses the colors of the flowers to paint our eyes.
He picks the finest grass blades for our finest features.
He picks a bit of water from the pond to erase those fissures that don’t look appeasing.
He lets the sun dry us in immaculate perfection.
But then…He lets fire burn us, well, only where we need to be burnt. Makes it crispy for more flavor.
And then…he…blows life onto the sculpture.
A man appears, looking at his naked body. He looks face to face to the One who created him. He sees his hands, his arms, his chest, his torso, his legs, his pelvis, his…todo. The Creator smiles because He did the right thing.
They walk together, hand in hand, marveling the beauty of the garden.
That’s how this life started, and that’s how it will end…sooner than we think will end…