OUR UNFINISHED WORLD

God gave us a world unfinished, so that we might share in the joys and satisfactions of creation.

He left oil in trenton rock.

He left electricity in the clouds.

He left the rivers unbridged --- and the mountains untrailed.

He left the forests unfelled and the cities unbuilt.

He left the laboratories unopened.

He left the diamonds uncut.

He gave us the challenge of raw materials, not the satisfaction of perfect, finished things.

He left the music unsung and the drama unplayed.

He left the poetry undreamed, in order that men and women might not become bored, but engage in stimulating, exciting, creative activities that keep them thinking, working, experimenting and experiencing all the joys and durable satisfactions of achievement.