Isn't that really the message of the first couple of chapters of the Book? If it is truly God's story then don't we have to read it from God's perspective? If we do, then we can see this as His looking back at the beginning of creation and saying I took a mess and made it something wonderful, something I was proud of, and then I created some people in my own image who were supposed to love it and care for it and do the work of filling all the empty space with others like themselves who would make the whole thing hum.
We could read the first sentence in the Bible as "In the beginning I made everything perfect." Everything was at it should be, the atmosphere cooperated and did what I told it to do, the seas obeyed me and retreated to their boundaries, the mountains rose up, the creatures did what they were told, the earth brought forth what I wanted and then I created something truly wonderful and gave it a couple of commands, be fruitful and multiply and stay away from one tree and as soon as the opportunity arose, they disobeyed me and nothing has been as good since that day.
I wish sometimes I could have a conversation with God and just ask the question, "When you created me, what did you want me to be?" I think He would say I was asking the wrong question, the question is who did I want you to be. I tend to think in wrong categories that way. God is more interested in who we are than what we are and He is always ready to work with us on that. I want to go back to the beginning and become who He hoped I would be, is that possible? Can we get a do-over?
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