Ioan Exarch Week Day 5

"Why does God not create in the manner of the men who do mason work or make ships, or in the manner of the coppersmiths, or the goldsmiths, or any of the other craftsmen? The men collect matter first and then produce whatever ready images they need, and the instruments and tools for their work they get from one another.  But only a thought is sufficient for God to create things which have never existed before.  Nor does He stand in need of anything, whereas the arts of man need one another."

-Hexameron