"And It Was Good"

 

Genesis 1 ⁹ And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. ¹⁰ God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

I am sitting about 250 yards from the gathered water on a cliff of dry land, watching waves and gulls reflect clouds and sun. Alone on the eastern edge of the Straits Hole 16, I pray for my family, my church, our God. I sing to the Creator, offering praise and thanks for our blessings:

 “Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise God all creatures here below. Praise God above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.”

I am caught in the wonder and mystery of the truth that what I am seeing is ‘not yet’ the perfect Creation God first saw nor the perfect Creation we will one day see.

How much more ‘good’ can ‘good’ be?

Until our new eyes take in the majesty of the New Earth, my friends, find an hour to see how good Creation is and offer praise to the Creator.

In the Beginning

 Genesis 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth ² Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

 Sometimes life is a real struggle.  Work. Family. Health. Money. What would you add to the list of things we all struggle with at one time or another?

 God is no stranger to your struggles.  God overcomes chaos with creativity.

 God faced emptiness. Chaos. God’s Spirit “brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.” (Peterson, The Message) Something better could exist where there was now nothing. What did God do next?

 ³ And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

 In the struggles you face this day, this week the Spirit broods like a bird with you, hovering over the emptiness in your life, the despair, the uncertainty.

 Pray for our Creator God to give you a new beginning, giving order to the chaos.

 Pray for light.

 May today be the day God creates a way through the struggle and into the light.