In the beginning 

God created 

the heavens 

and the earth.

Genesis 1:1 NLT

Sometimes it's good to just go back to the beginning.

Go back to who started it all.

Back to consider what was before.

Back to consider who was before. 

Before time.

Before space.

Before matter.

And then there was something!

The very first word is "reshith" which means beginning (as you'd expect)

It also means "first fruits".

Built in from before the beginning is fruit and flourishing and life.

It's in the DNA of everything.

When we're not flourishing, that's not how it's meant to be.

And this flourishing life is what we glimpse from time to time, grasp occasionally, see in the beauty of people and places and creation and the created. 

And when all is made new, we will know what was meant to be. We will know all the first fruits of creation, and everything will be OK.

Equilibrium will be restored.

Shalom will be restored.

Our souls will truly be at rest.

In the meantime hold on to the glimpses and the moments and the joy and let those speak of the One who is from before...

#genesis

#songofcreation

#somethimgtorestin