January 15-16, 2022

I do not know, precisely

how the things came to be

when God told them, "Be!"

I do not know, precisely

how the things happened

when God told them, "Now!"

His voice may have thundered across the nothing

even His irrevocable whisper would have been sufficient

for the accomplishment of His purpose

His eyes may have glinted with delight that He would do

what no other in all creation could ever hope to do

even if given thirteen-point-eight billion years

sufficient for me to know this

all things are as He speaks them

all things happen as He wills them

sufficient for me to know this

He is love and without fault

beyond this I need no more