01. Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

What a beautiful beginning.

I’ve never been a huge fan of the King James version of the bible, but my goodness that’s beautiful. I’ve never read a more beautiful beginning to any book or any story, and I definitely don’t think it’s possible for one to exist. 

I love that the title ‘Genesis’ has the word ‘gene’ in it, because it details the creation of genes, of DNA, of genetics.

I’m beginning to realise that every second is a new beginning. Every second brings with it the opportunity for something new to happen, for someone’s mind to change, for someone’s circumstaces to shift. I guess you could either say that there are no beginnings because our whole life consists of new things (which is kind of confusing to wrap your head around if you think about it too hard, every second is new but the concept of every second being new shouldn’t be new to us even though it is, thus making every second a new opportunity but an old concept) or you can welcome the fact that every day brings new beginnings. 86400, to be exact. Holy guacamole that’s a lot of new opportunities.

Thus making every second a new opportunity but an old concept.

How odd.

You know, our whole earth, the whole universe, everything in existence tends to spiral downwards into some form of disorder without help. If left alone, plants grow wild, food decays, buildings fall into disrepair, cars break down, light bulbs blow, pictures fall off walls, boats sink, guitar strings break, electricity stops (oh goodness that means the internet would stop, not ok), pipes burst and the list goes on.

I’m really glad we’re not left alone, because it’d happen with people also. I mean, God could have just said ‘nope, screw the world and screw humanity, it was a mistake creating them because they’ve just gone and done exactly what I told them not to and ruined the wonderful paradise that I made’ but he didn’t. You probably would have. I probably would have. We’re human, after all.

But God sent Jesus instead. Cool beans. He didn’t even have to think about if we’re worth it or not. That’s kind of crazy. To be so certain of something that you’ll send your only Son to die.

I mean seriously, when are we ever completely 100% certain about anything in this life? We’re constantly making pro/con lists in our heads and weighing our options and doubting our choices but God went ‘I love them. All of them, in all their filth.’

Because let’s be honest, before Jesus it was all kinda filthy.

I didn’t intend to make this post about God, but really, there’s no other beginning I’d rather talk about than the beginning of God’s love for me.