In the glorious poetic language of chapters 38-41 of the book of Job, God expresses God’s delight in all the parts of creation, including the things we humans find unpleasant or frightening or just plain odd–storms, scavengers, birds of prey, crocodiles, hippopotami and ostriches. In this worldview, humankind is not the center of the universe, but merely another part of it, beloved by God, but no more so than horses or stars, wild goats or ravens. This is a humbling view for us to take, reducing our concerns to something rather small in the grand scheme of things.
