Just the GOOD Stuff

Believing the Bible is difficult for people, to include those who say they are Christians or believers.  It seems that our belief struggles getting past:  “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” - yep, Genesis 1:1, the very first sentence of the Bible.

Believing God created all things from nothing, just the GOOD stuff, is important. 
The Bible’s first words make us stop cold, we stop and begin to pick and choose the words we want. 

We have an emptiness, so, we hunger to know the source of life, and our reason for being, our purpose, and even our origins – we even express this hunger by having interest in our genealogy, our family name is more important than the

“Name that is above every name … Jesus” (Phil 2:9-10).

Every day of creation closed with God blessing it and it was just the GOOD stuff.  The GOOD stuff included God having created and formed genealogy, you, “in his own image” (Genesis 1:27, 2: 2:7). 
We just skip that part and rationalize that our origins, and everything, NOT just the GOOD stuff, was begotten by a random Big Bang about 13.798 billion years ago. But, a big bang did occur over six days as God created just the GOOD stuff!

But, we nonetheless seek salvation. We believe that part.  

We read, listen, and accept the Bible’s words on security in heaven, prosperity and God's love for us: just the GOOD stuff.  The Bible’s words on creation, miracles, or that following Jesus requires absolute surrender, well, not so much. 

We forget that it is God who spoke our origin and eternity in life into being – that is just the GOOD stuff!

There is a truth:
Genesis 1 and Revelation 22 unite our origins and eternity – they’re just the GOOD stuff.  If Genesis 1:1 isn’t GOOD stuff, then John 3:16 isn’t the Good stuff either.  Faith is never a half truth, it is an all or none walk, what road are you walking?.  

We are created in love, redeemed in love, and glorified in love … just the GOOD stuff!  

 Just the GOOD stuff for me, 
Owen <><