So, I have decided to make the most of my awesome chronological Bible and actually journey through it front to back. Every time I pick up my Bible I always have that internal "what should I read" conversation with myself... and this will totally eliminate that. The million other times I attempted to do this, I always gave up somewhere between Leviticus and Deuteronomy. I am amazed that it was ever common for people to memorize the entire Torah.
Anyway, as I started to read Genesis, I started to become irritated with myself. Can something so unbelievable really be true? Let me say that I am as fundamentalist as they come. I take the Bible literally. I believe that when it says God created everything in 6 days, it was 6 actual days. Yeah go ahead and snicker, laugh, throw rocks, I don't really care. It's an unpopular view even among Christians, and I'm used to people thinking I'm an idiot. But, I believe the Bible. Not just the parts I like & not just the parts that are plausible. The whole thing. So when the Bible says that the sun setting concludes each day of creation, I take that literally. (just a side note: www.answersingenesis.com is a great website full of resources and evidence that support this view.)
Reading through it yet again today, it struck me how truly amazing the story is. God created the heavens and the earth. He conceived and created every single living thing we see around us along with the land, water, sky, sun, moon, stars, EVERYTHING! How incredible. No wonder the Bible says that one only needs to look at God's creation to know of His existence. My mind could not fathom the greatness of God. So much so, that doubt started to creep into my heart.
So I'm staring at Genesis chapter 2, wide eyed and mind boggled when a Nichole Nordeman song popped in to my head. Some of the lyrics being::
"Am I too wise to recognize that everything uncertain
is certainly a possibility?
When logic fails my reasoning
and science crushes underneath
The weight of all that is unseen
Help me believe cause I don't want to miss any miracles
Maybe I'll see much better by closing my eyes..."
Yep. Thank you once again Nichole, for putting words to my seemingly inexpressible emotions. And thank you God, for once again confirming how amazing You are. It is almost unbelievable.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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I don´t know that Nicole Nordeman song, but I love her and I´m excited to look it up. I know you probably aren´t at this part in genesis yet but my friend sent me this link and I found it extremely interesting about the ¨serpent¨ in Genesis. When you get there tell me what you think.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.angelfire.com/nv/TheOliveBranch/append19.html
Cool! Thanks for the link. Really interesting and just another reason why I wish I had time to take hebrew lessons :) I have heard that point of view before... very interesting. I guess its one of those things we won't know for sure until we get there and ask, ourselves! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd that is one of my favorite songs by Nicole Nordeman. (Besides I AM which makes me bawl like a baby) it is called "Help me believe". I find myself relating to that song very strongly sometimes. It is so comforting that I am not the only one.