In the beginning

Some books have wonderful opening lines.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

A tale of two cities. Charles Dickens


Others are much less memorable. The Bible starts with the moat sublime of all

In the beginning, God …

Sometimes we forget this and get ourselves into long discussions with atheists and scientists about how life got started and where the world came from.

We need to remember that whether or not it was evolution or intelligent design or something else, the Bible doesn't say. It's not important. What is important is to look at those amazing four words. In the beginning God! This is all we need to know. Maybe one day we will find out how it worked but I don't think anything will detract from God. No matter how He did it, nothing will be more amazing than the fact that He did it.

Everything that has begun to exist was created by a God who wants to create things. That's why we are so creative as a species; we were created in the image of a creative God.

Seriously, everything came from
God. You, me even that annoying atheist who thinks that Christians are ridiculous.

The big question for some will always remain how. Did God create the world in six literal days? I don't know. Could He have done so? Yes of course, He's God! Whatever the truth, nothing can be more amazing than the fact that

In the beginning, God.