Jesus does all things well

God gazed upon “all he had made, and indeed it was very good” (Gen. 1: 31).God continues His creative actions every day through each one of us. “Formless barren lands” are transformed. Chaos—anarchy, bedlam, turmoil, unruliness—is quieted and ordered into something good. Out of the “muddiness” and clay of human existence, God transforms humankind into co-partners with Him in bringing about that which is new, beautiful and reflective of God’s power, presence, and Spirit at work in the world. See, He does “all things well,” (Mk. 7:37), we read in today’s Gospel.  Onlookers and witnesses to Jesus’ miracle in restoring hearing to a deaf mute were amazed at how Jesus transformed those who came to Him in faith, knowing that here was Someone who “did all things well”: the deaf hear, the blind see, the dead are raised to life, the sick are healed and demons cast out. Are we  aware that Jesus continues to “do all things well” in our lives, as well: our “hearing” is restored, our “blindness” removed, our sicknesses healed, demons cast out, and that which is dead in us raised to new life? Do we truly realize that, not only when God brought each of us into existence,but also now, all that He made and is making is indeed very good. Are we aware, with the eyes of faith,that God’s ongoing creation of us out of “the dust” of our lives continues to reveal the goodness, the power, the love of God at work in and through us. Yes, indeed, God, the Blessed Trinity—Father, Son and Holy Spirit--does all things well. May our awareness of this ongoing gift of God’s love operative in each one of us deepen!