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The Start

I’ve read Genesis a lot. Whenever I try to read the bible in completion, I always start with Genesis. However, I’ve never memorized or really took to heart the very first line in the bible. I’ve never even grasped the power that comes from this line.

But this past week, I picked up a book by Robert J. Morgan titled 100 Bible Verses. The premise of this book is looking into 100 verses you should probably know by heart.

If I’m completely honest with you, I don’t know a lot of bible verses by heart. I’m a believer, but I’ve just never taken the time to remember any of them and apply them full force to my life. But I figure, at 27, now is a good time to start. Actually, now is a good time to start a lot of things, and hopefully this blog will be evidence of that. So as I learn things about the Bible and bettering myself, I’ll share with the World Wide Web. I look forward to what we’ll figure out together.

-Jenn

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Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

- Genesis 1:1 tells us that God is, that He creates, and that He Speaks; and this is the basis of all clear thinking and real hope.

- This gives us roots. We’re not accidental blobs of dying chemicals mysteriously evolving from primordial sludge without purpose or meaning. We’re wonderfully made and placed in an environment fine-tuned for our needs.

- If you discard Genesis 1:1, you abandon the roots and reality of humanity on earth. By removing this text from conscious thought, we lose all inherent moral law in the universe. All intrinsic bases for self-image, all eternal purpose to life, and any and all hope in the human heart.

- It gives us routes.

- If we were created in God’s image, we have eternal potential.

- The earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate, that if you touched it with a finger it would crumble and fall apart. Seeing this has to change a man, has to make a man appreciate the creation of God and the love of God – Astronaut James Irwin.