the beginning

today i was listening to the radio, and chuck smith was preaching about beginnings.

the beginning of earth as we know it. with adam and eve walking in a lush, perfect garden, sinlees, dwelling with God.

the beginning of religion-when adam&eve tried to cover themselves with fig leaves, trying to fill the gap they never could.

the new beginning we have in christ, that he came for us to save us and love us.

i am reading elisabeth elliot's book; 'God's prescence, a slow and certain light.' she is talking about how so often we try to make ourselves happy, how we try to clean ourselves up before coming to christ, how even we are not in his will we try to convince ourselves we are, and make do with things.

come just as you are into the hands of the one who bore your scars.