May 24, 2010 – Catechism 290-294

The first thing I thought about was that God created everything outside Himself.  Some have the idea that everything is God, nature, beings, everything, is God.  This is not the way we see it.  Everything that exist, exist outside of the Being of God, separate from Him.  I have never heard God described as God the creator, Jesus His Word and Holy Spirit His Wisdom all working together to form creation.  God did not create everything out of some need He had, but to “manifest” His perfection through it.  I think we get caught up in thinking “what has God done for me lately” and believe He owes us something.  We must remember, He is perfect and does not NEED us.  He WANTS us to choose Him and would have created everything just for us to make that choice.