Creation

Where did darkness come from? How could darkness exist anywhere beside God? Is darkness inherently evil? Or can darkness just be darkness....neither good nor evil? Can there be 'edges of forever'? What was it like in the forever before we were created? Where was the Prince of this World before this world was created? Did his rebellion against God create the very first darkness...a blight in the expanse of forever? Was that darkness the beginning of the story of redemption?

I didn't read but a few words before the questions started forming in my mind. I struggle with the idea that God "needed companionship" as a reason for our creation. He already had it. I cannot see that God needs anything in the way we humans need. Our needs mean we are not complete in ourselves and we need something beyond ourselves just to exist. But whether God had a need for us or not...the point is well taken that He loved thinking about us long before we came to be. I loved the idea that He daydreamed about us. That suggests He loved us like an author falls in love with the characters in a book he has yet to write or an artist falls in love with the painting that starts forming as she puts life and color to her imagination. It suggests that He took great delight in us long before we were even consious of Him at all.

And it was good. I loved what Rob Bell said about that phrase in his book "Velvet Elvis". God didn't create the world and say it was perfect. Perfection implies completion. Good allows room for development...for growth...for excitement because He's not finished with us yet. In short, it allows for more. What a great start to the most incredible love story!