Can anyone read those words and not, even for a moment, contemplate how deep the concept is? To me, it is one of the most profound passages in Scripture.
God spoke. He spoke, and all that exists came to be. It matters little whether you see that happening in six days or six hundred billion years. It's the same result either way. I can't help but wish that people would move past that particular argument.
Then comes the question of why. Why did He speak? What moved Him to create? I would have to say Love. A simple little word that can mean so many things. We read that God is love. He IS love, and love requires a response. Love. One simple word with so many definitions. But real love - true love - can't be still and can't be contained. By virtue of its own nature it seeks to be both given and received.
So, Love spoke. Love called out in the darkness and all that is, in all it's glory and vastness, came to be. And vast, it is. A universe reaching out infinitely is a pretty big space. We can't possibly see it all or have a complete idea of what it's all made of and what's out there left to be seen, beyond the reaches of our most powerful telescopes. Only hints and glimpses.
Still it is Love that spoke it all into existence. And when I look at the stars and imagine the planets and solar systems and galaxies, I am in awe of His handiwork.
I can't help but ponder on how much love it took to produce it all. From the grains of sand that make up the warm beach, the depth of the ocean as well as the complex system that it is in itself, to the tiny hummingbird and the variety of grasses. I try to imagine how far infinity is. It's like trying to grasp the concept of forever.
As I contemplate these things, every so often, I feel like I get a tiny glimpse. A glimpse of what The Eternal might be like. A glimpse of how things could be and I believe will be. What lengths God could and did go to, in order that He might have a creature to pour His love upon. Beings, in His own likeness, to love actively and fully and be loved by in return.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." (John 1:1-3)I think about the passage and it seems to me, it could be written, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was Love. Without Love was not any thing made that was made."
When we are sad or afraid or troubled, perhaps we should more carefully consider all His works. Yes the universe seems so big and we often feel so small in comparison, and often quite alone. But sometimes it helps to think of God's love and the fact that it was all for us - all because of Him - because of Love. Some day we'll inherit it all. The planets, the stars and all of creation. When I think about all that, I can't help but feel a little better, no matter how down I am or how small and insignificant I feel. I realize it's all a result of His desire to love me and be loved in return. He created it all for me.
How magnificent and beautiful is Creation, and how powerful is Love.
Rachelle LeCount
March 2012
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