Beginning

The voice of the Lord is over the waters  - Psalm 29:3

I begin with the challenging premise of God.

In the beginning: we start all over,
Where every good book must begin,
Not “at” or “from” or “once upon,” but IN.

This is the story, the truth of our challenge,
And here is the first thing we ought to know:
There is no moment where God did not exist.

Here is the beginning, the action, the whole creation;
There can be no single point at which or from which
The great I AM began to be.  God is

In the beginning, and in the present
And in the ever after, God begins
Not “to,” “until” or “of a time,” but IN.

And notice: as it was in the beginning
Is in our premise now; God is, and we are,
In the days of Adam and in the days of Jesus;

Now is the spark of our creation,
And now the start of our salvation:
God is in our birth and in our redemption,

The beginning of being and the stretch of eternity,
The breath of our formation and our resurrection,
All at once, our first day and our seventh day.

Evolutionists may stumble over the number of days,
Skeptics might question the progression of things,
But believers believe in the beginning,

And those who believe will know
The same beginning can continue
From chapter to chapter, can be on every page:

God, who is, can be in our every hour,
Can breathe and beat with us forever,
Part of the conversation and in our endless prayer.

This is the premise I begin with:
And God said, and God saw what God created,
And it was good.  Another day.

May good be in your days, every day,
In your challenges and in your prayers;
May this be your premise now,
In the beginning and throughout the year.