Light and Darkness

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1 There is something very powerful and poetic about the beginning of John's gospel. John proclaims that in the beginning (echoing Genesis 1:1 ) God's Word was sung over creation and creation sprang forth dancing and responding in harmony. God's Word brought forth all that is seen and unseen in this life. One of the amazing truths of Genesis 1 is that there are three things present when creation got going and growing: God, the Word, and Chaos. The chaos swirled and sloshed and stirred arrhythmic-ally. And while chaos eventually fades into the background, it is never fully erratically. And when God slips into skin to walk amon