It’s always great to go back and really pay attention to creation. I have always wondered what made God decide to begin the process. Why at that time?
When looking at different creations, I am drawn to the details. So so many details. When I go places or attend events, I appreciate when the hosts have paid attention to details just so that I would have a great experience. Then, I look at creation—my favorite piece of fruit, my granddaughter, the tree in my front yard, the amaryllis growing in a piece of wax on my counter, I could go on and on. The details just show the vast imagination and power of Yahweh.
And, I don’t question that God created every piece of it. From nothing!
As a special friend of mine coined and our family continues to say it-
Look what God has done. Thank you, God. We love it.
I just visited the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville this past weekend, and we watched the planetarium show on images from the Hubble and Webb. Nothing blows my mind to pieces like trying to comprehend deep space, our granular presence in it, and a God who breathes entire universes (universi?!) into existence.
I believe the world was created by One who is unseen because it makes the most sense of all the “theories”. But that doesn’t mean I fully grasp it. I’m not sure I am supposed to. As my friend Eric says, “Do you want to serve a God who you fully grasp and understand everything about? That would put him on the same level as you (in a way). Surely that would be a God not worth serving.”
I have come back to this thought so many times when my analytical mind can’t get to where I wish it could. I have to submit to Him being greater than anything I can fully grasp.
I have to submit to FAITH.
Also though, creation is a beautiful and majestic existence. And I love thinking about it, and witnessing it. And you really should listen to Justin’s telling of it with HGS. It’s brilliant.
Any thoughts on why or the meaning of having Gen 1:27 pulled out and formatted differently than the other verses? I'm no literary pro, but is it a different type of writing (poetry etc) or to draw special attention? Just curious what others think 😊
Yeah--like the author breaks into song. Or maybe when this event is written down there's already a song that's being sung and the author throws in a few of his favorite lines. :)
I've been pondering the creative power of words (or the WORD in this case). Words are perceived, heard - but they're not seen. They have incredible power to build up or to destroy. And, to speak a word, you have to breathe out (and breath, wind, air, etc. are the same word as spirit in Hebrew).
We use unseen things to create today in a much smaller capacity than Yahweh did, but maybe there is still that reflecting back to our creator there.
We built a house last year. We picked out granite for the counters. When it came in they called to let us know although it had shades of what we picked out “to match floors, etc” it looked totally different-as can happen with granite. We decided we liked it (and we wanted to hurry and get them in so we could move in). Instead of brown w gray flecks, it was a variety of shades of gray with occasional brown. It complimented everything we had in the house. Much better than what we picked. I’ve said God picked that slab out for us. My husband said he wasn’t sure God cared about the color. I told him to look all around us. He cares. He is the master of color. Where we live we are surrounded by fields, water and trees. What an incredible designer to know what colors look best together.
I liked the statement you said about believing God created everything…..but we wonder about his plan. Hits home. I struggled with that for years. Until my sister died. I knew then, I had to trust Him.
Listened to the HG stories. The description of “light” and all the colors. It’s amazing.
This call to "bathe in creation" resonates deeply here in the Land, where every stone and valley reflects the Sovereign Creator's design. As an eyewitness, I see that the same invisible principles that formed the universe are now actively fueling the Kingdom Restoration promised by the God of Israel.
As I read I saw the word Equipped and when I saw that word I immediately think of the Armor of God Ephesians 6!
Genesis 1:1-31
In verse 14 in the amplified version, one thing that sent out to me was Marking Seasons!
This is the whole Bible verse
“Then God said, “Let there be light-bearers (sun, moon, stars) in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be useful for signs (tokens) [of God’s provident care], and for marking seasons, days, and years; [Gen 8:22]” Genesis 1:14 AMP
🦋 As I read Genesis one and when it comes to this question: How was the world created? Like I wrote above the word: Marking Season stood out to me!
🦋 it was very easy to believe!
🦋 Genesis is the beginning of life itself that God created! So when you’re encounter a new believer, this is a great chapter in the Bible for them to read!
🦋 How many times do you find the word “God” in Genesis 1? Why is that significant?
How many visible things does this invisible God make? (Yes, this is rhetorical, but for just a minute try to grasp the scale of creation.) I saw the God 31 times, and Genesis 1 has 31 verses.
🦋 God makes so many things, and what God makes is so beyond beautiful to see! I absolutely love butterflies! I planted two butterfly plants: a monarch butterfly plant and a yellow butterfly plant! I have had the amazing blessing to see the caterpillar be formed into a cocoon, and then see a beautiful created by God butterfly come out of the cocoon!
Oh how I needed this. The reading plus the Holy Ghost Stories. It’s like I allowed myself at 43 to imagine like a kid again. The beautiful imagery, the conversations amongst the Triune God, picturing the joy of God (God having fun) while making the stars, the angels sadness depicted after the fall, the creation of the animals. I can on and on……. So I go back and read Genesis 1 with color and the idea that He created something from nothing and though this is serious, He was having fun doing it. Pure Joy. Oh this has lit my heart up like a kid again. Sweet tears! Thank you!
Today’s devotional made me think of my high school chemistry teacher (Mars Hill Bible School) who taught a chapel lesson on how energy can be converted into matter, giving a “scientific approach” to how God spoke and the world came into existence. I’m of the “God said it and bang it happened” thought process. I believe but I also pray for God to increase my faith.
A couple things that today's post made me think about: 1) the creation of Narnia in the Magician's Nephew (including Aslan singing things into existence) and 2) the common juxtaposition (especially with respect to the origins of life and our planet) of science v. faith. I think there's a lot of overlap between the two. Science involves faith (e.g., that there are still unseen forces and patterns that can be discovered), and faith involves scientific methods like observation and reasoning (e.g., we build our faith by observing others' faith and by observing the faithfulness of God; it's a reasonable faith, not a blind faith).
It’s always great to go back and really pay attention to creation. I have always wondered what made God decide to begin the process. Why at that time?
When looking at different creations, I am drawn to the details. So so many details. When I go places or attend events, I appreciate when the hosts have paid attention to details just so that I would have a great experience. Then, I look at creation—my favorite piece of fruit, my granddaughter, the tree in my front yard, the amaryllis growing in a piece of wax on my counter, I could go on and on. The details just show the vast imagination and power of Yahweh.
And, I don’t question that God created every piece of it. From nothing!
As a special friend of mine coined and our family continues to say it-
Look what God has done. Thank you, God. We love it.
Details! Yesss. (And we just taught that phrase to our college small group at our annual Friendsgiving gathering!)
(and someone very dear to me has taught a similar phrase to a whole school - "We see You, God. We thank You, God. We love it.")
Amen, amen. :)
I just visited the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville this past weekend, and we watched the planetarium show on images from the Hubble and Webb. Nothing blows my mind to pieces like trying to comprehend deep space, our granular presence in it, and a God who breathes entire universes (universi?!) into existence.
I believe the world was created by One who is unseen because it makes the most sense of all the “theories”. But that doesn’t mean I fully grasp it. I’m not sure I am supposed to. As my friend Eric says, “Do you want to serve a God who you fully grasp and understand everything about? That would put him on the same level as you (in a way). Surely that would be a God not worth serving.”
I have come back to this thought so many times when my analytical mind can’t get to where I wish it could. I have to submit to Him being greater than anything I can fully grasp.
I have to submit to FAITH.
Also though, creation is a beautiful and majestic existence. And I love thinking about it, and witnessing it. And you really should listen to Justin’s telling of it with HGS. It’s brilliant.
Any thoughts on why or the meaning of having Gen 1:27 pulled out and formatted differently than the other verses? I'm no literary pro, but is it a different type of writing (poetry etc) or to draw special attention? Just curious what others think 😊
Feels like a testament to the inherent beauty and wonder of the creation of humankind in God’s image—as if it were an event too sacred for prose.
Yeah--like the author breaks into song. Or maybe when this event is written down there's already a song that's being sung and the author throws in a few of his favorite lines. :)
Exactly.
i so loved in the HGS story that you mentioned the three persons singing!
I've been pondering the creative power of words (or the WORD in this case). Words are perceived, heard - but they're not seen. They have incredible power to build up or to destroy. And, to speak a word, you have to breathe out (and breath, wind, air, etc. are the same word as spirit in Hebrew).
We use unseen things to create today in a much smaller capacity than Yahweh did, but maybe there is still that reflecting back to our creator there.
Oh--I love that!
God's Spirit was there so creation is from Him. I guess that's a simplistic explanation, but it is faith.
By the way, creation must have been beautiful...never thought about it like that until I listened to Holy Ghost Stories on creation.
P.S. I want to listen to the HGS creation stories eventually.
We built a house last year. We picked out granite for the counters. When it came in they called to let us know although it had shades of what we picked out “to match floors, etc” it looked totally different-as can happen with granite. We decided we liked it (and we wanted to hurry and get them in so we could move in). Instead of brown w gray flecks, it was a variety of shades of gray with occasional brown. It complimented everything we had in the house. Much better than what we picked. I’ve said God picked that slab out for us. My husband said he wasn’t sure God cared about the color. I told him to look all around us. He cares. He is the master of color. Where we live we are surrounded by fields, water and trees. What an incredible designer to know what colors look best together.
I liked the statement you said about believing God created everything…..but we wonder about his plan. Hits home. I struggled with that for years. Until my sister died. I knew then, I had to trust Him.
Listened to the HG stories. The description of “light” and all the colors. It’s amazing.
He cares! :)
This call to "bathe in creation" resonates deeply here in the Land, where every stone and valley reflects the Sovereign Creator's design. As an eyewitness, I see that the same invisible principles that formed the universe are now actively fueling the Kingdom Restoration promised by the God of Israel.
Hebrews 11:3
As I read I saw the word Equipped and when I saw that word I immediately think of the Armor of God Ephesians 6!
Genesis 1:1-31
In verse 14 in the amplified version, one thing that sent out to me was Marking Seasons!
This is the whole Bible verse
“Then God said, “Let there be light-bearers (sun, moon, stars) in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be useful for signs (tokens) [of God’s provident care], and for marking seasons, days, and years; [Gen 8:22]” Genesis 1:14 AMP
🦋 As I read Genesis one and when it comes to this question: How was the world created? Like I wrote above the word: Marking Season stood out to me!
🦋 it was very easy to believe!
🦋 Genesis is the beginning of life itself that God created! So when you’re encounter a new believer, this is a great chapter in the Bible for them to read!
🦋 How many times do you find the word “God” in Genesis 1? Why is that significant?
How many visible things does this invisible God make? (Yes, this is rhetorical, but for just a minute try to grasp the scale of creation.) I saw the God 31 times, and Genesis 1 has 31 verses.
🦋 God makes so many things, and what God makes is so beyond beautiful to see! I absolutely love butterflies! I planted two butterfly plants: a monarch butterfly plant and a yellow butterfly plant! I have had the amazing blessing to see the caterpillar be formed into a cocoon, and then see a beautiful created by God butterfly come out of the cocoon!
Blessings! Shabbat! Shalom Shalom!
😁✝️🦋🛡️😇
Oh how I needed this. The reading plus the Holy Ghost Stories. It’s like I allowed myself at 43 to imagine like a kid again. The beautiful imagery, the conversations amongst the Triune God, picturing the joy of God (God having fun) while making the stars, the angels sadness depicted after the fall, the creation of the animals. I can on and on……. So I go back and read Genesis 1 with color and the idea that He created something from nothing and though this is serious, He was having fun doing it. Pure Joy. Oh this has lit my heart up like a kid again. Sweet tears! Thank you!
Today’s devotional made me think of my high school chemistry teacher (Mars Hill Bible School) who taught a chapel lesson on how energy can be converted into matter, giving a “scientific approach” to how God spoke and the world came into existence. I’m of the “God said it and bang it happened” thought process. I believe but I also pray for God to increase my faith.
A couple things that today's post made me think about: 1) the creation of Narnia in the Magician's Nephew (including Aslan singing things into existence) and 2) the common juxtaposition (especially with respect to the origins of life and our planet) of science v. faith. I think there's a lot of overlap between the two. Science involves faith (e.g., that there are still unseen forces and patterns that can be discovered), and faith involves scientific methods like observation and reasoning (e.g., we build our faith by observing others' faith and by observing the faithfulness of God; it's a reasonable faith, not a blind faith).
I am obsessed with that creation scene in Magician's Nephew. (And I'm with you on faith and science)