Happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways. You shall eat the fruit of the labour of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house;your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. The Lord bless you from Zion. May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel! (Psalm 128: 1-6)
In the Tanakh blessing is to experience growth. Happiness is to be creative. To be in relationship with God is to become especially fertile and productive. The parables of Jesus abound with seeds, good earth and bad, planting, growing, gathering, good fruit and bad.
Centuries later Hildegard of Bingen wrote, "The word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. All creation awakened, called, by the resounding melody God's invocation of the word." Hildegard saw each of us as potential co-creators with God: "O Life-green finger of God, in you God has placed a garden. You reflect heaven's eminent radiance like a raised pillar. You are glorious as you perform God's deeds."
The very foundation of the universe - the divine word or logos - is unfolding creativity. To change, to grow, to create is to live. To do otherwise is to die. It is our fundamental nature to live abundantly.
In the Tanakh blessing is to experience growth. Happiness is to be creative. To be in relationship with God is to become especially fertile and productive. The parables of Jesus abound with seeds, good earth and bad, planting, growing, gathering, good fruit and bad.
Centuries later Hildegard of Bingen wrote, "The word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. All creation awakened, called, by the resounding melody God's invocation of the word." Hildegard saw each of us as potential co-creators with God: "O Life-green finger of God, in you God has placed a garden. You reflect heaven's eminent radiance like a raised pillar. You are glorious as you perform God's deeds."
The very foundation of the universe - the divine word or logos - is unfolding creativity. To change, to grow, to create is to live. To do otherwise is to die. It is our fundamental nature to live abundantly.
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