In the beginning…
The things they didn’t teach you in school, eh!
When I was in school I was led to believe that everything began with a big bang. In reality this was no where near the beginning; the ‘story’ began well before then. It’s like referring to ‘A New Hope’ as the first Star Wars film (even though from the word go it referred to itself as episode 4); there were another three that came ‘before’ it, a whole new story that gives us an entirely different angle on things. We used to think that the Star Wars saga was all about the heroism of Luke Skywalker, but it wasn’t; it was all about the redemption of Anakin Skywalker (or Darth Vader).
Any way, I was taught that everything began at the ‘Big Bang’. Later I discovered that this big bang didn’t start things off, it was God’s decision to create the universe that began it all. This blew my mind and revolutionised my world. Now, if that blew my mind wait until you read the following; it’ll totally melt you noggin*!
“Long before [God] laid down earth's foundations, He had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of His love, to be made whole and holy by His love. Long, long ago He decided to adopt us into His family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure He took in planning this!)” Eph 1: 4-6
Everything – absolutely everything – began because God decided to adopt you (and I) into His family! It didn’t begin with a ‘Big Bang’ (although that may have happened), it didn’t begin with the words ‘Let there be light’ (although they were undoubtedly spoken), it all began with God saying ‘You are mine my child.’ And as He said this He simultaneously (because He is God after all) planned it all out - the cross, everything - and it gave Him pleasure. Thinking about you gave God pleasure – can you believe it [well, yes you can because it’s true!].
When God created light and everything else, He looked at it like a satisfied craftsman and nodded to Himself, ‘That’s good; I like it.’ But before He even set about all of this He had planned out how He was going to adopt you and this gave Him pleasure; not just satisfaction but pleasure.
I can tell you this now; my noggin is well and truly melted!
* The use of ‘noggin’ here relates to the cranial matter commonly used for intelligent thought but is nowadays more often cluttered with hours of television and the occasional bit of useless trivia which we try to convince others is interesting or delude ourselves into thinking that it’ll come in handy at some pub quiz one day.
When I was in school I was led to believe that everything began with a big bang. In reality this was no where near the beginning; the ‘story’ began well before then. It’s like referring to ‘A New Hope’ as the first Star Wars film (even though from the word go it referred to itself as episode 4); there were another three that came ‘before’ it, a whole new story that gives us an entirely different angle on things. We used to think that the Star Wars saga was all about the heroism of Luke Skywalker, but it wasn’t; it was all about the redemption of Anakin Skywalker (or Darth Vader).Any way, I was taught that everything began at the ‘Big Bang’. Later I discovered that this big bang didn’t start things off, it was God’s decision to create the universe that began it all. This blew my mind and revolutionised my world. Now, if that blew my mind wait until you read the following; it’ll totally melt you noggin*!
“Long before [God] laid down earth's foundations, He had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of His love, to be made whole and holy by His love. Long, long ago He decided to adopt us into His family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure He took in planning this!)” Eph 1: 4-6
Everything – absolutely everything – began because God decided to adopt you (and I) into His family! It didn’t begin with a ‘Big Bang’ (although that may have happened), it didn’t begin with the words ‘Let there be light’ (although they were undoubtedly spoken), it all began with God saying ‘You are mine my child.’ And as He said this He simultaneously (because He is God after all) planned it all out - the cross, everything - and it gave Him pleasure. Thinking about you gave God pleasure – can you believe it [well, yes you can because it’s true!].
When God created light and everything else, He looked at it like a satisfied craftsman and nodded to Himself, ‘That’s good; I like it.’ But before He even set about all of this He had planned out how He was going to adopt you and this gave Him pleasure; not just satisfaction but pleasure.
I can tell you this now; my noggin is well and truly melted!
* The use of ‘noggin’ here relates to the cranial matter commonly used for intelligent thought but is nowadays more often cluttered with hours of television and the occasional bit of useless trivia which we try to convince others is interesting or delude ourselves into thinking that it’ll come in handy at some pub quiz one day.
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