All Things Beautiful

Imagine all things beautiful, Exquisite and sublime. Quite delicate and lovable, To stand the test of time, Just as if the whole Creation Was blessed from first to last. Just to grant us great elation, So not to be downcast... Imagine all things wonderful, Designed as God knew best. Intrinsically incredible, Impeccably addressed. With sweet miracles unfolding, Like shooting stars above... With our God, the Cosmos holding, Beholding it with love... That is how the great designers Upon this Earth must feel, When they pause to form their finest, To showcase and reveal... Exhibiting each masterpiece, Each brilliant in its way, That we partake in what can please With every passing day... Upon this Earth, where angels roam, Unseen by mortal man, God's Spirit visits every home To do the best He can, With inspirations old and new, To share with young and old, What's beautiful and meant for you, As if it were pure gold... Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2011. Thanks to James Russell, bid tv Sky UK... The poem was based on the bid tv presenter telling us the legend of a Russian who wanted to create the beauty of a flower in a rock... He spend years making his sculptured artwork. The legend says that it was so beautiful that those who gazed upon it immediately wept... The expression used to define the Inspirations product range sold on bid tv was the desire to create all things beautiful. So this poem was written to explain why Man seeks to create as he does. The Holy Bible tells us that it was God who inspired Man to be a creative designer of all things beautiful... That is why we have such masterpieces in the form of the arts that may bring us a measure of happiness here on Earth. I call this the double blessing, for we who create are first blessed. Sharing the blessing with others means we are blessed yet again... and hopefully, God is blessed, seeing the good that we share...