May 22, 2006

And God Said........

If I could have purchased a couple tickets to events during Earth's Creation Week, the choices would have been hard, but I would have tried my best to get to at least two of these venues:

* The surgical procedure where Adam lost a rib and gained a wife!

* The morning of the third day - when God made land, plants, and flowers, even before He made the sun. Did He make trees full-grown or tiny?

* The moment when Adam chose to name the lions, "lions," and the zebras, "zebras."

* The first Sabbath, as God walked His kids around the garden and pointed out the "coolest stuff."

The rib transformation would certainly be #1 on my list, but the Sabbath "wandering" would have come in a close second, especially the moment when they stood beneath the first peach tree.

They walked across the verdant meadow toward a row of round trees that were covered with orange balls.

"What is this?" Eve exclaimed as she reached toward the fruit.

"You'll have to come up with your own name for them," the Creator answered, "but I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth and every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food." **

And there it was!

I imagine that He picked a couple peaches, added a few plums, a golden pear, and a handful of walnuts, and that they all sat beneath one of the peach trees for the first Sabbath picnic lunch.

Fresh peaches! Yellow and red orbs with fuzzy skin and the most incredible delectable mind-spinning flavor you could ever dream of waiting just inside!

Ah, yes. The "N" in CREATION Health must stand for "Peaches!"

Dick Duerksen
Assistant Vice President
Mission Development
Florida Hospital