Still ringing through the cosmos, God's glad approving word embraced the whole creation yet often goes unheard. Most sadly soars unheeded the "very good" that tells how blest are human beings in whom God's image dwells. For Jesus at the Jordan that voice rang out again to hail God's own Messiah, the Lamb without sin's stain. That word of blessing guided through wilderness and fast, braced him to thwart the Tempter, upheld him to the last. Amid life's daily clamor God's voice can still be heard if only we will listen until our hearts are stirred. This promise of God's favor has never been repealed; we still can claim its blessing and let our lives be healed.