Song and Dance of Creation

September 18th, 2025
by John Thweatt

I was sitting outside yesterday morning, I had just finished reading my Bible, poured a cup of coffee, and was just listening. The more I sit and listen to the songs of creation the more amazed I am by the Creator.

In the Magician’s Nephew, CS Lewis pictured creation happening as Aslan sings the world into existence. It is interesting that Tolkien did the same thing in The Silmarillion…the key instrument in his creation account was music.

As the sons of God sang Tolkien described a dissonance that grows. One of the sons of God began to add his own tune or theme to the music and it is out of tune with the rest. That was Tolkien’s picture of the rebellion of Satan.

As I listened to the birds sing, watched the crows calling each other to the dance, I began to think of the song of God’s creation. It really is a symphony if you’ll listen.

I thought about life and how it would be if we sang God’s praise with the same enthusiasm as the wren or cardinal. How would the Church be if we acted a little more like the crow or jay who call and call until everyone gathers. How would we be if we joined the creation is singing praises to our Creator.

I asked God to help me join in that song and then I started thinking about what usually comes with music…the dance. Many have pictured the Trinity as characterized not by self-centeredness but by mutually self-giving love. Keller said,

“When we delight and serve someone else, we enter into a dynamic orbit around him or her, we center on the interests and desires of the other. That creates a dance, particularly if there are three persons, each of whom moves around the other two. So it is, the Bible tells us. Each of the divine persons centers upon the others. None demands that the others revolve around him. Each voluntarily circles the other two, pouring love, delight, and adoration into them. Each person of the Trinity loves, adores, defers to, and rejoices in the others. That creates a dynamic pulsating dance of joy and love. The early leaders of the Greek church had a word for this—perichoresis. Notice the root of our word ‘choreography’ is within it. It means literally to "dance or flow around." (Reason for God)

As I pondered that I simply asked God to help me join the song and admitted that I needed the Holy Spirit’s help to sing in tune.

Then I admitted what God already knew, I want to dance, but I have no rhythm, so I asked if I could just watch Him and join in the moves.