Everything Matters

“I don’t know how to be human without another human being. How would I know how to talk, walk, and think without you? I need you so I can be me.”
—Ed Bacon, All Saints Church, Pasadena

God’s response to Job’s suffering reminds us of what we often forget: everything matters to Him. While we chase gold, contracts, and shiny cars, God cares for snowflakes, hail, lightning, raindrops, and grass sprouting in a desolate wasteland (Job 38:22–30). Solomon declared, “The Lord works out everything to its proper end—even the wicked for a day of disaster” (Proverbs 16:4). Nothing escapes His care.

Jesus not only healed the sick and raised the dead, but He also noticed creation—the red sky, lilies, hens, sparrows, fig trees, and donkeys in a pit. His incarnation is the greatest testimony to creation’s dignity: the Infinite became finite, God took on flesh. As Francis of Assisi said, “The visible world is an active doorway to the invisible world.” Everything is woven together in Christ, “in whom we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).

This is not the devil’s world—it belongs to God, who sustains and holds it together (Hebrews 1:3). Evil may corrupt systems, but it cannot erase the goodness at creation’s core. Jesus is the Goodness Glue, filling the gaps, holding all things, becoming one with us in love (John 1:14).

Saint Bonaventure said, “The Creator’s supreme power, wisdom, and benevolence shine forth in created things.” If we fail to see this, our vision is darkened. But when our eyes are healthy, the whole body is full of light (Matthew 6:22–23).

So look closely—at people, animals, rivers, mountains, and even sparrows. “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God… Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows” (Luke 12:6–7).

Everything matters. Everything is sacred. See the inherent goodness shining in all things.

Grace to you
Cedric 
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