Through the Bible in 2012

Day One Readings:

Genesis 1
Psalm 1
Psalm 2

Comments:

Each day will have three readings with a couple days each week having four readings. If you read all the scriptures for each day, you will read through the entire Bible in one year. Let the journey begin!

The first book is called Genesis which means beginnings. The sciptures start with the assumption that God exists. There is no explanation of God or how God came into being. We learn about God and God's characteristics as we read about the actions of God in human history. The first chapter is one of the creation stories and tells us that God created but not necessarily how God created. Well, honestly, it does tell us God simply speaks and what God speaks comes into existence.

One key term repeated throughout this chapter is good. Everthing God created was called good. And when God created humans, God called them very good.

Most of us know that the world often does not appear to be good. Bad news is broadcast everyday in the newspapers, on the televisions, and across the internet. And quite a lot of us have experienced "bad news" in our own personal lives.

But we begin with all of creation as good. And despite all our shortcomings and failures and sins, humankind is very good.