My Creator Created the World

 I wrote this song back in 2011, in conjunction with a project that meant I wasn't singing it constantly to myself, unlike most of the songs that I write.  And I had completely forgotten it.  Then I found it again, and kept thinking of it, and singing it to myself.  Finally, I decided that the time had come to play around with adding pictures, and recording it, so that is what I did today.  I am so grateful for vecteezy.com which enables me to find ai generated pictures that allow me to illustrate something like this without crediting each and every individual artist.  And I am also grateful for the many individual artists who cooperate with the Great Creator to make something like this possible.

My Creator Created the World

You spoke the world into being

Creatures both seen and unseen

Spirit and flesh came to life at Your touch

My mind can't imagine how You did so much

Every star and every planet

Each electron spinning so fast

Every galaxy whirling so slowly

In the dizzying cosmic dance.

Each blade of grass and every kitten

Each grain of sand and each fish in the sea

Thunder and lightning and sparrows and chickens

You made it all – You caused it to be

You made the whole world

And You made me.

My Creator created the world.

Fire and water and vacuum and dust

Unthinkable vastness 

And hearts that can trust

My Creator created the world

Our Creator created the world.

Temple Sparrows

 I was looking for all the words to this song that I wrote over a year ago, and was surprised to find that I'd never posted it here.  It's one I like a lot, though I don't have much to say about it.

Sparrows have been very comforting to me since the time that I wrote a song proclaiming that even though I'm not important in terms of this world, "I know a God who cares about sparrows."

This song began as I thought about Psalm 84:3 (NIV) "Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young--a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God."  And of course, if I'm going to think about sparrows, it seems inevitable that I will think about what Jesus said, in Matthew 10:29-31 (NIV), "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?  Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care.  And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. "

Temple Sparrows

At Jerusalem's temple, near the altar that was blessed

The swallows and the sparrows built their tiny nests.

In the place that was sacred they would all fly around

Knowing their babies would be safe on holy ground.

Like a sparrow in the temple

Let me fly in Your love

Let Your Spirit take me higher

To Your throne room above.

In the presence of my Savior

Let me settle and rest.

Secure in the knowledge that

I'm loved and I am blessed.

In the markets of Galilee and of Jerusalem

They sold two birds for a penny

People came for them.

And Jesus said his Father cared for every bird that fell.

So we can be confident that He cares for us as well.

Like a sparrow in the temple

Let me fly in Your love

Let Your Spirit take me higher

To Your throne room above.

In the presence of my Savior

Let me settle and rest

Secure in the knowledge that

I'm loved and I am blessed.

Like a sparrow in the temple

Let us fly in Your love

May Your Spirit take us higher 

To Your throne room above

In the presence of our Savior

Let us settle and rest

Secure in the knowledge 

We are loved and we are blessed.