Creation Stewardship #2 The Principle of Giving First December 2021 In the Biblical Creation, when God said, “ let there be light, ” he instituted the principle of Giving First! Giving is a desire from the heart to freely give something like a present to someone or something. What exactly did God give as a gift in Creation? It was the gift of – WORDS. Throughout the Bible, we are reminded of how powerful words can be. They can be wonderful, as when someone blesses us with ...
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Imitating God's Stewardship in Creation - Part One
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Denise I. Griggs © 2021 As a child, when I first heard about the Creation story from the Bible, I always thought that God first created man to help him. Was I surprised to discover that man was created last! As an adult, at times, I tried reading the Creation story again, however, it just didn’t make sense to me. Being a person always fascinated with logic and analyzing topics that interested me, still, the order of Creation didn’t add up. I couldn’t understand why certain things were created in the order of their respective days. Yet, I kept trying. Every so often, I would attempt to read it again in the hope of understanding. It wasn’t until I became a Christian in my early 30’s, I wanted to learn everything I could to help me understand and analyze the logic of salvation. So, I attended weekly Bible study, until I heard the words, meditate on it. Asking a family member how to do this, I was randomly told – just read a chapter from the old and new Testaments and think about wha...