it was good

It was good. It was not perfect. It's hard to grasp this reality. When God created, it was not a static, stale, stable state of life. Perfect is not the description used. Theologians came up with that one. The poetry of the pronouncement is, "And God said... and it was good". The conflict within me is reminded of this impressive reality that heaven on earth was good. Perfection would definitively limit man's free will. Perfect choice. Our story is far from it. Choices that lead us into unimaginable pain. And if we are created in the IMAGE of God, free choice lingers in this equation, a deeply moving reality. The result was a Man who had likeness to God but lacked the perfection of the Holy Creator-engulfing both perfection and creative hands. A deep thought for another time.