The entire thing is filled with history, science, math, language, poetry, social studies and civics. Everything we need to know has its' foundation in this collection of books. We might not enjoy all those subjects, but there's one thing we can't resist: It's written by our Heavenly Father.

Today we started studying Genesis (beginning), not as history, but as His Story. The first four words of chapter 1 give us lots of information. Who? God. When? In the beginning. (Ours, not His. He has no beginning or end.) In the beginning God tells me that He planned it all and carried it all out. And our Father started early on eaching us about the Trinity. In fact, the first three verses tell us that at that moment of creation's beginning there was God, Spirit and Son. Oh, the Son is implied (and supported by many other scriptures) by "spoke". You see, John 1:1 tells us that In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God and the Word was God.

And if you look at Isaiah 40:22 you'll see that old Chris Columbus could have saved himself a trip. Over 2000 years before he sailed off in the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria God told us the earth was round. It is He who sits above the circle of the earth...

Of all creation, human beings are unique. God created us for a special relationship with Himself. And at first that relationship was perfect. Do you think Adam and God had fun naming all the animals? A black & white striped four legged animal scampers by and Adam turns to God and says, "Zebra?" God says, "That's good Adam. I like that name." But you know, as much fun as God must have had creating the zebra, He didn't plan to die for the zebra. And He probably smiles when He smells a rose, but He wasn't going to shed His life's blood for a rose. He formed Adam from the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7)

And God did all this, knowing one day He would lay aside His glory and come to earth to tabernacle with us. He became one of us, only sinless, so that He could save whoever would believe in Him. He lived; He died; He rose again. And He did it for you and me. It's all part of His story and you can read about it in the Bible. When you've read it, or re-read it, go out and tell someone the story of Jesus. They're waiting to hear.