In the Beginning — Micaelyn Chedrawee

In the Beginning is the first piece in a series of three prose poems recounting the story of the Creation and the Fall. I wrote this series two years ago, as we closed 2017 and entered into 2018.

“In the beginning, God created…”

One of the most widely debated statements in all of history opens the story of the Bible. It is a bold proclamation. This claims that there was a beginning of time and existence, and at the beginning, God was already present. Not only this, but at the beginning of time, God created all things visible and invisible, the heavens and the earth.

Creators construct their works through labor of body and mind until they have achieved their desired results. This is not how the Bible says God created. He spoke all things into existence. At the beginning of time, the Earth was formless and empty. All was silent. Then God spoke the first command, the forefront of all creation: “Let there be light.” God set the stage of creation with light because He, Himself, is light. (See 1 John 1:5.) Not only this, but as beings created in the image of God, we are commanded to be the light of the world. (See Matthew 5:14.) And what purpose does light serve? Light illuminates. Light exposes. Light transforms. God’s first command was not simply, “Let there be light,” but, “Let there be illumination, exposure, transformation.”

My sovereign God is the Almighty. His power is beyond imagination. Creation bends to His will. God commands. Things happen. “God said…” “…And it was so.” My God is good, and everything He creates is good. “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” (See James 1:17.)

As the curtains drew to a close on the birth of everything, God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. God finished His work at Creation; then He rested. God finished His work at the cross; then He rose.