Child Questions

Majestic God-Maker of Heaven and Earlh:
Did you give a great cosmic shout
a resounding, echoing roar
that reverberated across llie universe
shaking even the black holes
when You spoke:
"Let there be... " and there was?
Did energy spew everywhere
according to divine pattern
into orderly creation?
Or did You whisper, "Let there be..."?
Who heard? The angelic hosts?
The powers of darkness?
Or did You think the command
with Your infinite brain
and will the matter into existence
in the silence of the universe?
Is the universe silent
or does it sing?
Is there a music of the spheres
as planets and stars
spin aud whirl and twirl and swing?
Was space empty before?
How could there be nothing
when You are everything?
Where were You standing
when You created the heavens?
What was the view like from There?
How could You begin to do something
since You are Alpha and Omega
without beginning or end
and You are eternal?
How was The Word with You
in the beginning?
Was it He Who spoke for You?
Was it He Who created?
Did You give Him the Light to shine?
How did Your Spirit brood
over the face of the deep?
What is deep
when there is no top or bottom
or upside down or right side up in space?
What was the appalling darkness like
before light? You are Light--
How could there be darkness?
Oh, the questions my childish mind
wants to ask You
as 1 probe the secrets of deep space!
Will 1 know, just know
as I am now known by You?
Or will You tell me the answers
to my infant questions
when I come singing into the presence
of Your light?

Genesis 1:1-3; Job 26:7,14, Ps. 8:3; John 1:1-5

---by Leona Choy