Note 8 at Rom. 8:22: Many times we are awestruck at the perfect balance that we see in all of nature. As glorious as it may seem, it is not God's best. Creation as we see it today has been corrupted and is far less than what God originally intended it to be. The whole creation is groaning and travailing together in pain and will not be relieved until the manifestation of the children of God (see note 4 at Rom. 8:19, p. 798).