Seeing Genesis 1

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Studying Genesis 1-3 in preparation for staffing at Precept's Boot Camp for students. 
I began by skipping over the first assignment to write down any questions I might have beforehand…. “It’s just Genesis 1 again…I believe it. But if there’s something new here, Lord, show me”. Ha!
Some of my observations caused me to think about things like fall and winter and water and darkness. I have always thought fall and winter were results of the fall b/c they’re death, but God made seasons before the fall…. Hmmm. I wonder if there will be seasons in the new world?
Darkness and water were there with God in the beginning! So, God didn’t create water?? 
Those questions aren’t really of any significance I suppose, but it goes to show what happens when I want to see and God opens my eyes.
Some characteristics about God I find awesome in Genesis 1 are Logical, Orderly, Name Giver, Sustainer, Gorgeous, Miraculous and Mysterious, Purposeful, Sovereign- outside of time, desiring of Glory, Masculine and Feminine(what!), Giver, Scientist, Inventor, Vast, Spirit, Everlasting, United, Powerful, Romantic and Good.
I saw that God created because He is good and saw it was good. He created because it was pleasing to Him; because He long to create that which could enjoy Him and He could enjoy what was created. He wanted to be needed.
What He says is so. What He gives- it is so. Done. His word will not return void. Nothing can alter His creation from what He made it to be. What is given by God cannot be changed. It maybe refused or accepted but never changed. Joy is only found in the acceptance of the gift from the Giver…. only then can I enjoy.
The earth is vibrantly alive with His blessings, giving vivid testimony to His presence. But I miss it. Why? My culture says fill up my time – fill it up too much - to make it useful, so I do. But at the end of the day it feels meaningless. Why? Maybe because in my attempt to make up lost time I actually loose more. I miss the meaning in my work and enjoyment of God and His gifts.  If I slow down my pace of life I can find Him anywhere - passages of Scripture I’ve already read and reread can look new. Maybe the secret of being thankful is learning to see everything from His perspective and choosing to accept the given, even if I don’t understand it.
I thought it interesting that God wrote the Bible in a standpoint we can understand - w/n time…. how many years he or she lived, time of Passover, ect. It seems that 2 Peter 3 and Psalms 90 use literal time in a figurative way to give perspective on God’s perspective. He is not in time but outside of it; He is never too slow or too quick to give what He promised.
He gave purpose to all living things…a work to do, a will to obey, and a wife/helper to love.

There is something in me that longs for Eden. Paradise. Enjoyment of life. I like to go on vacations. I think most of us do. Why? Well, I want to get away from life and the demands and hurt and stress and people sometimes. I want to rest and enjoy. But truth is this earth is corrupted. Even vegetation and animals. It has disease and bites, and we fear it. If I could always enjoy and be at rest and satisfied now then I wouldn’t need God. So, He keeps me needy. But that is for another chapter 😊
I hope to guide the students to pray with me to see even if they believe that they do see or think they don’t have anything more to see. Then slowly discover together with our own observations. 

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