"Creation"

Plantinga's chapter held so many different topics that it'd be impossible to go into depth about all of them in just one post so I'll just cover what struck me. First of all, I never really contemplated why God made the universe. I like what Plantinga said when he stated, "Creation was a way for God to spend himself". It wasn't that God was bored or felt like gambling on a thing called the human race. He wasn't lonely and He didn't need a world. Creation is not an accident or some random thing that just happened... "Creation is an act that was fitting for God. It was so much like God to create, to imagine possible worlds and then to actualize one of them. Creation is an act of imaginative love". I loved what GK Chesterton said about construction and creation. Though both are loved, only creation is loved before it comes to exist. God loves us! Of course this should be nothing new to you but it's incredible to think about all the same. When I was little my parents would always tell me, "I love you soooo much but you know what? God loves you even more". I never really understood that concept until recently... we are made in HIS image, we have all fallen short but he sent his only son anyway to pay for our mistakes. That in itself is the definition of selfless love. 
Another point that I really appreciated was the fact that creation is temporary, but God is not. Seasons change, the earth ages and begins to crack/fall apart, creatures are born and creatures die: our world is constantly changing. There is only one thing that remains the same... our Lord. Overalls and middle-parts may go in and out of style but He is unchangeable. The song 'Indescribable' by Chris Tomlin comes to my mind. Here is the final chorus: 

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same
You are amazing God

Amen :)