All creation bears God’s autograph.

所有受造物都有上帝的亲笔签名。

Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! Genesis 1:31 

 Some days seem to have a theme running through them. Recently I had one of those days. Our pastor began his sermon on Genesis 1 with two minutes of breathtaking, time-lapse photography of blossoming flowers. Then, at home, a scroll through social media revealed numerous posts of flowers. Later on a walk in the woods, the wildflowers of spring surrounded us—trilliums, marsh marigolds, and wild iris.

有时候，生活好像都围绕着某一个主题，上个星期天就是如此。我们的牧师在讲道时，内容是创世记1章，一开始他便播放两分钟缩时摄影的照片，姹紫嫣红的花朵逐渐绽放，美得令人赞叹。接着，我在家中，从社群网站看到许多精美的花朵彩照。稍后，我到森林漫步的时候，春天的野花围绕着我们，有延龄草、立金花以及野生鸢尾。

God created flowers and every other variety of vegetation (and dry ground to grow in), on the third day of creation. And twice on that day, God pronounced it “good” (Gen. 1:10, 12). On only one other day of creation—the sixth—did God make that double pronouncement of “good” (vv. 25, 31). In fact, on this day when He created humans and His masterpiece was complete, He looked over all He had made and “saw that it was very good!” (nlt).

上帝在创造天地的第三日，创造了花朵与其他各样的植物（并造干地让植物生长）。在那天，上帝有两次“看着是好的”（创世记1章10、12节）。除此之外，圣经只在第六日才重复记述上帝看着是“好的”或“甚好”（25、31节）。事实上，这日上帝创造了人类，完成了祂的杰作，并且“上帝看着一切所造的都甚好”！

In the creation story, we see a Creator God who delighted in His creation—and seemed to take joy in the very act of creating. Why else design a world with such colorful and amazing variety? And He saved the best for last when He “created mankind in his own image” (v. 27). As His image-bearers we are blessed and inspired by His beautiful handiwork.

在上帝创造万物的记载中，我们看见这位创造宇宙的上帝，喜爱祂亲自创造的一切，并且似乎也享受创造的过程。否则，怎么会让世界如此多彩多姿又缤纷多元呢？并且上帝将最好的留到最后，就是祂“照着自己的形像造人”（27节）。我们不但具有上帝的形象，还能从祂美丽的创造中得着启示，真是何等蒙福啊！

Dear Creator God, thank You for creating the world in all its beauty for our enjoyment—and Yours. Thank You too for making us in Your image so that we would be inspired to create.

亲爱的创造主，感谢祢创造这美丽的世界，

让我们能与祢一同享受其中。我们也感谢祢，
按祢的形象造我们，使我们得到启发而有所创作。

Genesis 1:24-31New International Version (NIV)

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

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