God created everything that is; he holds the power to make what isn’t yet; he orchestrates the atoms and atom bombs; he knits babies in their mommy’s tummy; he guides the hearts of dictators. Adam and Eve did not obey him and so he kicked them out of the wonderful Garden he had given them. He could have stopped. He never had to create in the first place and then when he did his snot-nosed creatures flicked him off…
But then God spoke. He could have spoken in some Heavenly tongue that was unutterable to humans. He could have babbled in the language of humans but with logic and ideas that would cause our little pea brains to explode like a peep in the microwave! But he didn’t. God spoke kindly and gently and understandable and clearly to us.
He could have told us useless things like why the sky is blue or why gnats exist. He told us that we have sinned and need him; he told us the story about how he loves us and will redeem us; to eventually make us all unscrewed up.
Words can hurt; words kill. But sometimes words make alive and give hope. God spoke and the amazing thing is he didn’t have to.
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