Tuesday, January 7, 2014

The first softball game: God Hits a Grandslam and more...

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. (Genesis 1:1-5 ESV) There's an old joke about Genesis 1:1 being the first baseball game in the Bible ("In the Big-Inning...") Baseball games usually have 9 innings, but softball and youth games often have seven, so I'll choose to call it that. The opponent here is the darkness. God's performance in each inning is more than impressive, and then the bottom of the inning comes, all there is is evening - to sit back and gaze on God's performance. What a place to begin - God creating all that is, for His good pleasure, and sharing it with us.

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