Introduction and Imagination

January 1st, 2009

Reading: Genesis 1-2 and Proverbs 1

Yes, welcome my devotional. You're probably wondering what makes this different from other devotionals. Actually, you probably aren't, but I'll tell you what I think makes it different.

First of all, my devotional isn't full of all those flowery things in other devotionals. You see, if you live in the same world that I do, the one that was affected by the Fall (See tomorrow's entry). So I have no problem saying that world is a terrible place, and I will site specific examples.

Second of all, you will note the title "Irreverent Reverence". This means that I will be reverent, but I'm not going to go out of my way to do so. You see, I believe that when Jesus changes a person, he changes everything about that person. However, that person does not need to change himself to blend in to Christian mass culture, which is sadly the case of many Christians.

Therefore, I am going to do things on here that most Christians will not. I am going to allude to the movies and television shows that I watch, even if certain Christians will frown on them. Yeah, a few of them will be rated "R". I will also use words like "crap" and "sucks". Stop reading if you don't want to hear any more, but I will tell you there are certain four-letter words I don't use. Hey, just because I'm "irreverently reverent" doesn't mean that I don't have standards.

Without further ado, let's get to the Bible reading, because you don't want to hear me talk about myself anymore. Since we are at the beginning, we will start with Genesis 1 and 2.

First of all, I highly recommend that you let your imagination run wild when you read it. I mean, those boys at Pixar and Weta Digital can make some pretty cool computer generated worlds for the movies, but that was nothing compared to what God did!

While you are reading Genesis, try and imagine what it would look like on film, with a completely unlimited budget. Just think the ending of Titan A.E., but something you might actually remember. Think cosmic special effects, and subtle. For example, when God created man from dust, did he just blow it like a kiss, and the dust become man? Dang, that would look cool.

Also, how did it look when God got the rib out of Adam? Did He wave His hand and the flesh parted, and then he just reached in his hand and plucked it out like that evil priest in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? And then the rib morphed into a woman, sort of like how the T1000 grew out of a puddle in T2: Judgment Day.

Yeah, God's pretty much beyond my imagination, and God imagined and made all of creation. He literally made something from nothing. He didn't steal the idea of someone else's universe, reverse engineer it, and put his own unique twist to it. He actually came up with an idea that we can't come close to improving on it.

So how does that relate to the reading in Proverbs. It doesn't. Yeah, I'm not always going to be able to tie the two readings every day. I suppose I could segue something here, but I'd be going against my better judgment.

I suppose the real takeaway value is that God is truly above us. But you already knew that, didn't you? Now, take your life and compare it to what you imagined. If it doesn't mesh, this is not a good thing.