Luke 5:27-39; Genesis 1-2; Psalm 1

Day One

Derrick

I realized today that I have never read through Genesis, in the first 2 chapters I couldn't even remember reading some of it, this strikes me as disappointing, because I grew up in a Christian home. Genesis Is the beginning of the Bible which we base our faith on. It should hold more ground than people give it.

What stood out to me the most was in Genesis 1:27 God states that he created man 3 times in the same verse.

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (ESV)

            

We are created in God’s image; we are a mirror of God Himself. Both male and female are Gods Creation. It’s a beautiful thing and I'm looking forward to getting deeper into God's Word.

Kayla-

I'm always reminded how differently males and females approach things sometimes. My friend Liz and I talk about how the men we know tend to approach things logic based and how we feel like we tend to approach things more with an emotional base and sometimes miss out on the logic/details etc of Scripture, so I am hoping to not just read and learn more scripture but to know and understand it as much as possible from many perspectives.


Something stood out to me today in the first chapter of Genesis, that isn't necessarily forth right or "clear cut" and I could totally be missing the mark. I was reading through it, and the thing that stuck out most to me was the time God was taking to create everything (even though it was only days). I feel like God took His time. I mean He is God! He could have snapped His fingers and said let it be done and it would have been. But he didn't. He gave it thought and time. He watched it take form and I think that gives a lot of meaning to it. In saying "it's good" it makes me feel like God was really enjoying creating and that it was valuable to Him. He could have done it in the blink of an eye and he didn't. 


It's a good reminder that in things that are valuable to us, things that are "good", things we care about, should be approached with dedication, love, and patience; not on a time line. We live in a world that says, I want it and I want it now, but God has set a great example for us from the very beginning, not to just rush things, but to work at them and make them "good". 


(I wasn't sure if I wanted to talk about this or the not eating from the tree of good and evil...I'm sure I will get another chance to haha :) ). 


Blessings.