Pope Francis – Wake Up – The Album DevoSample

Making The Imaginable Tangible

by Jaci Velasquez

Pope Francis’ “Wake Up!”Album Track #3: CUIDAR EL PLANETA” Protect The Planet

Protecting our planet, eliminating hunger; both are noble goals. But these human endeavors will never succeed if we continually describe them with words like ‘insurmountable’ and ‘overwhelming.’ Our world has enough limitations; we need not create more with the things we say.

Spoken thoughts have power. Words can make the imaginable tangible. In fact, this very world was created when a divine thought was simply spoken out loud.

With just a word, the Creator made something out of nothing. He spoke and Time began. His voice set the Earth spinning. Grass, trees, and animals flourished; all from nothing. Then, rolling up His sleeves, God knelt on Earth’s freshly formed shore, and sunk His hands deep into the mud.

The Creator did not speak us into existence. He made us. With His own hands He sculpted our eyes, ears, nose and toes, the chambers of our heart, even the weave of our hair. Then He breathed into that first mud-man the breath of Life; filling his lungs with air, his mind with thoughts, and his soul with the same creative imagination that invented him.

But what have we done with this divine gift of creativity? Though we were handed a perfect planetary playground, a garden seeded with enough nourishment to sustain countless generations; we allowed our budding creativity to be manipulated by the Deceiver; stirring within us the desire for something “more.” That hunger made the imaginable tangible. And we reached for the forbidden.

By the time we discovered that our ‘something more’ was nothing more than the seedless fruit of ‘nothing’, it was too late. And with that tainted snack underneath the tree, we traded in our paradise for a world that is still reaching, still … hungry.

God made all men equal. We created division all by ourselves. Our transgression set this world in motion. And the choking weeds of our actions have left our planetary garden starving for both peace and nourishment.

But our Creator is forgiving. In fact, He sent us His only Son, clothed as a mud-man, to show us, by example, how we can once again, re-create this world.

Standing in a field, Christ found himself surrounded by a multitude of His followers. They were famished. Realizing their plight, Jesus borrowed a boy’s snack and set off to eliminate their hunger. In the eyes of His disciples, the attempt seemed noble, but insurmountable. Then Christ spoke to the small basket of food. Suddenly, before everyone’s eyes, the meal became a banquet for thousands.

The example is clear. With a word He made the imaginable tangible. With a word, He made the imaginable tangible. Therefore, nothing in this world is insurmountable: protecting this planet, eliminating hunger, even healing the division between our Creator and ourselves.

Spoken thoughts have power. Therefore, we can accomplish anything if we simply breathe this daily prayer: “…If you can make something out of nothing, Speak Lord… make something out of me.”

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Sixteen #1 radio hits, 17 albums, 7 Dove Awards, 3 RIAA Gold Records and 3 RIAA Platinum records under her belt, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Jaci Velasquez.  Velasquez has also been the co-hostess on Salem Broadcasting Network’s nationally syndicated “Family Friendly Morning Show with Doug and Jaci Velasquez” for nearly five years. These days, even as a multi-tasking singer, songwriter, actress, radio personality, special event hostess, wife, and mother of two, her passion to serve God with the gifts He’s given her remains at her core. For more about Jaci, visit www.JaciVelasquez.com.