Firsts

The first of anything is always something to be reckoned with.

The first line of a sentence. The first line of a paper. The first line of a book.

The first of the month could mean when you get paid or when rent is due.

The first is always something you never forget.

On this first day of December, I've decided to read the Good Book from the first book and on to the last. Ironically, this is not the first time I've done this but would be my third. I do remember the first time was not so successful. Got bogged down in Jeremiah. Second time, it was completed. Hoping third is a charm.

As with any firsts, I was reminded of how God first created everything. I also noticed a bunch of other stuff that I didn't pick up in Sunday school as well.

God was the first fashion designer. He made clothes for Adam and Eve when He gave them the boot out of Eden.

Joking aside, like I said before, God made the first of everything not of human hands. The first flower. The first grain of salt. The first penguin. The first mountain. The first people. You get the picture.

This was pointed out to me sometime ago but I was reminded when I read this. Adam and Eve were the first humans to see God. They saw Him and talked to Him. They were so close as to hearing God's footsteps in Eden. They were that tight.

Yet we as people messed it all up. Nonetheless, we know there is hope. This was also pointed out to me sometime ago and yet again was reminded of it when reading Genesis. Every now and then, in the first 3 chapters you read something about God mentioning "us" and "we". Who is this "Us" and "We"???