...if things have eternally emanated from God,
we cannot give a time or instance at which they first flowed forth from God. 
So either they never were produced by God,
or their being is always flowing forth from God as long as they exist.
- Thomas Aquinas

Here and now

© Matt Henry 2000

Here and now,
God's doing a new thing
Do you notice it coming
With your eyes, with your heart?
Springing forth like a stream
Dancing down through the desert
Share this life, take your part.

Join now in the dream that God's shaping,
Sink your hands in this promising clay
With confidence we embrace God's blessings
Not tomorrow, today!

Fresher than the rain that is falling
Newer than the morning's bright sun,
Our Creator now will continue creating
It's not over, God's just begun!

We are tiny creeks that are growing
Flowing towards the infinite sea
And reaching out to streams that are thirsting
Joined in God, set free.