".... Then God said '' Let there be light'' and there was light. And God saw
the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called
the light day and the darkness he called night. So the evening and the morning
were the first day..."  (Genesis 1:3-5 N.K.J.V)

            God's first act on Earth was to create light. There was no land yet, only water covering the whole Earth. All the land that ever was and ever will be was hidden beneath the vast oceans.  God called these things from their secret place in the darkness into his domain. The light.
            Our first act as human beings, even before we've taken our first breath of air, is to encounter the light.  Our eyes are shut at first because it's so bright and it hurts us to look at it.  But slowly, so slowly, we open our eyes and see how wonderful this light is, and what promise and what joy awaits us there, and we see that the light is good
           As believers, we must always strive for that light. God's light.

            "....You are the light of the world. A City that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men , that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."  ( Matt 5:14-16 N.K.J.V)
 
 

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            ".... Then GOD said ''Let the waters under the heavens be gathered
                  together in one place, and let the dry land appear''; and it was so.
                   And GOD called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of
                   the waters He called the seas.  And GOD saw that it was good..."     (Genesis 1:9-10 N.K.J.V)
 

               Slowly, so slowly, GOD was forming his master creation, Earth.   Had you
    been able to see it then, it would have appeared to be lifeless and without any
    promise.  You may have even  said ''Lord, th is is to be your creation ?  All I see
    is a mass of rock and water. Nothing could live here . Not in the ocean, nor in
    the air, nor on the land. Nothing can even grow here. What could you possibly
    do with this ?''
                Had you stayed, you would have seen this lifeless ball of rock and water
    transformed. The arid, partched soil would have given birth to grasses and plants,
    trees and flowers.  The lifeless oceans would have become full of life from the
    smallest plankton to the largest whales and squid.  The forest and deserts, now newly
    formed would fill with all manner of life.
                This lifeless ball of rock and water would be transformed into a big blue world, a
    world of life and wonder.
                So it is with us. We whom GOD chooses are sometimes in the world's estimation
    lifeless and barren.
                ''Surley'', they say '' Nothing good will ever come from you. ''
                And yet,  GOD turns those same people from scorn to suprise. For he works with us
    in ways visible and invsible so that in time, we too, become full with life, much like the
    world was when GOD created it, and is still today.
                Let us always remember this, lest we become the scoffers !
 
 

           " The Earth is the Lord's and all it's fullness, the world and all those who dwell therein.
                  For he  has founded it upon the seas, and establised it upon the waters..."  (Psalm 24:1-2 NKJV)

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