God created

Genesis 1:1-13

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  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.

 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.  God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.⁵ God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”  So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.  God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

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

 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.  The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.  And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

My son recently started going to Preschool at our church.  I have to say that learning as a 3 year old, is so refreshing.  The other night we were eating dinner and asking him about what he is learning at school.  Knowing that their memory verse this month is Genesis 1:1, I started asking him about that.  He then proceeded to tell me that on Day 1, God made day and night.  On Day 2, he made the water and the sky.  I then asked what he did on Day 3, to which my son replied, “He made plants!” 

This just reminded me that sometimes, we need to break things down to the simplest form to really stop and hear God. 

Today I simply want to encourage you to be learning like a 3 year old, taking in everything and just being amazed by even the little things that God does.