Romans 8:19-23(NIV)
¹⁹The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. 
²⁰For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 
²¹that^£ the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
²²We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 
²³Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 

//SS/CG