No parameters, no speed of light nor time nor space. Nothing to measure in light years or miles and then God created the Heavens and the Earth. In and around and above that wet, dark and formless empty earth The Spirit Hovered. From beyond the night, beyond the heavens and apart from the Earth God said, "Let there be light." And there was light. Six measured days later God created man in His own likeness. But man believed a lie to be more like God and indeed became less like Him. Man's thinking became futile, and his foolish heart was darkened. Now we are measured in time, square miles, and by the Bureau of Standards. Into that measured land, in a farmhouse on a quarter section in central Nebraska God created a man, partly in His likeness. Twenty measured years went by, and over and around that man with a dark and formless void, The Spirit hovered. Into that void, formless and dark, pierced, and then flooded, a
“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’” (Isaiah 52:7). We do not normally think of feet as beautiful. Why are these feet different? They are carrying a voice that proclaims good news, peace, good tidings, salvation, and the reign of God. The apostle Paul quotes this text in Romans 10:15 right after a series of questions. "‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’” (Romans 10:13-15). This post coordinates with today's reading in the To the Word! Bible Reading Challenge . If you are not in a daily reading plan, please