Earth, Water and Darkness

So, I believe in the Bible. I believe that God created the heavens and the earth.

Be that as it may, I, as much as other believers, including characters of the Bible, still have questions I would be glad to get answers for. And they could be many but they still don’t wipe off my belief in God. Life experiences and the gathering of knowledge can get you challenging your faith. However, I do accept we are human and that God is God. Therefore, grasping the mind of God completely would render God… not so God-like, would it? Considering He is the source of everything. All of creation has a design, and wherever there is a design, there is a designer. (I paraphrase the quote. Let me know who I can credit the original to.)

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

Period.

Imagine a child trying to understand an adults’ mind. No human being ever has. Not completely.  We can barely understand ourselves as it is. The best we can do is diagnose some aspects of ourselves and our relationships with God and others. That would be one thing. Attempting to grasp the mind of God is quite the other.

That said, I do wonder why Genesis began the story of creation with earth and water already in existence, albeit only in raw form.

Maybe that is the case because it was still a human being who wrote it and, as stated already, man’s comprehension has its limits.

Still, had God also led with “Let there be” in creating earth and water? When?

When was the actual first day of creation?

What had God been up to before Genesis 1?

And, why was there darkness where God was?

What number or turn was earth in the line in the creation of the universe? I could have guessed last but, at some point in the first chapter, God creates the sky and all its light.

Genesis 1:2

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Beginning

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Okay. So there is not a more open and shut case presented than that.

God created the heavens and the earth. Period.

Now, let’s also keep in mind that at the time it was written, man did not have a concept of the universe as we know it today. The furthest he could see was the sky and the stars therein.

So let’s be clear. What the author meant by heavens is the universe.

God created the universe.

That’s it.

And even the more open-minded people will agree that everything starts from somewhere. Everything has a source. I am just pointing out the obvious. It just so happens that The Source here has a name. His name is God.

Now, imagine God took nothing and made all that there is, everything tangible and intangible, admirable, and awe-inspiring came from Him.

Again, imagine that a Force like that loves you and would die for you. Imagine that He lived this life and that He did die for you, and resurrected. Imagine that He longs to meet you, to inspire you, to live inside your heart and to guide you through the good and perilous times towards a life of love, joy and fulfillment. Imagine that if you He would never let you go.

That’s Him. That’s God.

Genesis 1:1

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Attachment

We confuse attachment with love. Meaning, more or less, we get used to a routine and prefer the routine to novelty and growth.

Letters To Myself

I feel like I only want to write letters to myself. But how do I do that with all of you looking at me and listening to my conversation with myself? It doesn’t help that some of you know who I am.

Bearing The Minimum?

When you know that a loved one has breached a boundary how do you respond; when you feel they have not valued you or shown the level of respect you expect from them?

How do you keep going?

The most powerful source of inspiration and direction, the biggest checkpoint in the journey of life is with ourselves.

Wrappers

Tell me who you would be if you weren’t who you are today.

Tell me which desk you would be sitting behind and in which office if you weren’t where you are today.

Authenticity

It is worth nothing for you to have the whole world if you yourself are lost. You could never pay enough to buy your life back. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? What could you ever trade your soul for?

^{Mark 8:36-37}

Interlude

Breathe.
God is not through with you yet.

^NawiriDaily

Yours Fully

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