A timeless being cannot create

[Bucky Ball]

Currently I have a vase of lilies in my entry hall. The hall smells nice, thanks to the lilies. Is it appropriate to say that the lilies acted, or did something, to make the hall smell nice? Or is it better to say that the hall just smells nice because of the way the lilies are? If you want to say that the lilies acted (in some way) then I'd be more willing to accept that God acted. 

Nether. The aromatic organic chemicals the lilies emit interact with your olfactory system and that interacts with your brain chemistry, 
The lilies "did" nothing. The aromatic chemicals were emitted when the chemistry of the lilies arrived at a certain point of maturity, due to their genetic instructions, and they were ejected. It was not a decision. It just happens.

Please accept that you have defeated me in mortal combat and that after my terrible loss I won't be responding to you any more.

As is sometimes your habit, your interpretation of events bears no relationship to reality.
Pardon me ... I need to go get a box of tissues. Sob.