Eons ago, we were nothing but stardust in space. All our atoms were dispersed among celestial objects that drifted through the universe without any sense of direction or form. When God created the Earth, He made the conditions right for these stellar remnants to arrange themselves into the building blocks of life. We were given electricity to move our bodies and consciousness to think for ourselves. Thenceforth, every modification of His became a stage in His desire for all creations to become greater beings. It didn’t end with fishes; it didn’t end with birds. Nor did it end with the dinosaurs, the roaring lion, or the crafty human. We are only but a link in the chain of His design, the result of a systematic blueprint that changes under the laws of nature and the blemishes of destruction. By the limits of the natural laws He creates, a wild platter of disorder re-arranges the puzzle that keeps us together. God wants you to evolve. He wants you to glorify His image in a being greater than you already are. He wants you to adjust to your environment and adapt with the shifting sands of eternity. Nothing is ever preserved in time. We are like pieces of clay that are constantly being remolded and improved upon from the generations that stood before us.
Hark, ye bells of the future! Look to the glory of God, and that is beauty. All creation is beauty, whether it be in the heavens or upon the Earth. Look to the sky, that fabled interior of God's mind, and that same malleable expanse can be found in the mind of your own, bursting with the same powers of creation that He cast you with. The same stories drawn in the heavens can be imitated in the heavens of your own. You were given this power, and you must do what you can to govern it well. Make beautiful things and waste not in excess, for the path of excess only leads to the tower of wisdom when you are able to balance the order and the chaos within you.
When looking at a creation of your own, does it not seem to you that your appreciation of its beauty is an admiration for the wildness that accentuates the symmetry of design? And doesn't this symmetry, this order, make the untamed details of it all the more pleasing? Look at an icy mountain, like that of Denali in Alaska, or think about the most beautiful woman you ever laid eyes on. A single stain on the face of these symmetries can render them unworthy of your praise. Likewise, the asymmetry of a ship, or the uneven tiles on a marble floor, can spoil even the most well-maintained objects. Beauty doesn't care how hard you tried to create an excess of something. Beauty is the perfect balance between order and chaos.
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