Wednesday 

Six Articles of Faith

For non-believers it seemed more useful to avoid talk of scripture and talk of the Book of Creation, to which they have ready access, and which they may find they have the capacity to read.

For those who need information, most towns have a reference library. If you want to know how a car engine works, a recipe, or the route from A to B, the chances are that you'll be able to find the answer in a book. So if we want to understand the true meaning of the creation and the way our lives work within it, you would really expect the Creator to provide some books of various kinds to help us.

But the subtleties of God are beyond the kind of words you can put on paper. Our words are mere shadows of our life experiences. The wonder of God needs a greater language, the book of creation itself. In experiencing creation, we take in the words of its book, and try to understand them. And in the creation that surrounds us, in the sun, moon and stars, and the rain giving life to a dead land, we see the Signs of God written large for us to read, and try to understand just what we need each day for our life's journey. Hopefully, guidance from the Author of the Book.