The Sweetest Thing

I could clearly remember the first Chapel Retreat I ever joined. I was merely 1 year old in Christ but I could never forget the sweetest thing I've ever heard.

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Chaplain:" God made us on the sixth day, so where we were before the sixth day?"

Just out of no where, I never thought I could have answered:" In His mind."

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Hahaha! Isn't that sweet? And I uttered this in complete oblivion and yes, I told myself the sweetest thing I've ever heard.

Gen. 1:29-30

Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

God spent the first 5 days of existence to layout the perfect place to have us live in.

He spent the first day making the heaven and earth, separate day from night, so that we have Sunday.

He spent the second day separating water and knitting the sky, so that we have Monday.

He spent the third day separating water and land, planting trees and vegetations, so that we have Tuesday

He spent the fourth day making the Sun and the Moon, that they may govern the day and the night, "... let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years..." (Gen. 1:14). So that we may call it Wednesday.

He spent the fifth day making birds fly, teaching the fishes how to swim and tell them to multiply. So that we have Thursday.

He spent the sixth day prospering the land with wild animals that run freely all over the land. Then He said, lets get started, we have rested of one day and we are ready for the first chapter.

Haha! That's the beginning of the greatest love story ever written.

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Everything was made good and well prepared for the main subject of His creations. That, we, the main subject of His love, may be feel loved.

We think God never expect us to fall, that He would watch us all fall and fail. That we would be so broken and so wretched.

Oh yes He does. Before [He] formed you in the womb [He] knew you, before you were born [He] set you apart. (Jeremiah 1:5)

But the whole story of Creation isn't about how wretched we are, solely because we are all made VERY GOOD! (Gen. 1:31) The whole story of Creation is a prelude to numerous chapters of perfect love!

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The earth was formless. Just imagined if God create us on the first day itself. We all would have float in NOTHINGNESS. You could see how well planned our existence was?

What? You think He did not prepare for our fall? Oh yes He was well prepared. Otherwise, He couldn't have the best plot for the world's greatest love story. For "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." (John 15:13)

Our brokenness, our emptiness, our failure, is not the main plot of the story, for we are not the protagonists, but Christ Jesus. His death is the climax, His resurrection is the conflict.

Oh my! We're living a love story?

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Remember not our brokenness, but the grace and love of our Creator and our Writer. Love is the theme of this saga, our brokenness just plays a role to magnify love. If just we are all PERFECT, then what magnifies our Protagonist?

Romans 5:19-21

"For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

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God loves us, even before the Existence.

Dedicated to My Lord and My God, Sarah Lee, Abigail Chan and all my beloved friends and family.