Create

Two days ago I finished reading through the entire Bible. I decided to start reading it again but with a slightly different take. This time I'm trying to find Jesus in every verse. So, I started in Genesis one and verse one.

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

There were two things that grabbed my attention in this verse.

1. "In the beginning" God was there. Before the beginning God was there. Before He even created anything, with sanctified imagination, I see God looking down through the ages at what this earth would become. I imagine Him seeing the fall of man, the first death, the first sacrifice, His death on the cross.....all the way to the Second Coming. I imagine Him thinking, "I want my people to have an opportunity to choose to love Me." He knew and saw all that in the beginning.

2. "God created the heavens and the earth." God created. I like that. He didn't just throw stuff together or let a couple objects smash together to form the earth. He created. He put thought into what He was about to do. Once again, I imagine God making a mental list beforehand of everything that would be good for His children and would bring them the most joy and happiness. I imagine Him planning out what needed creating first. But God created. He loved us so much, even before we existed, that He created the earth.

Thinking about Genesis 1:1 inspired me to draw a picture as well. :)