The book of Genesis, meaning beginning, starts with God creating our world. It says the Earth was formless and empty and the spirit hovered over the face of the waters. God said, let there be light, and there was light. 

While Genesis starts our modern Bible, chronologically the oldest book, Job, references the foundation of Earth this way, “When the morning stars sang together and the sons of God shouted for joy.” We may think of creation as a lonely project, but Job suggests otherwise.

God saw that the light was good and separated the day from night. In science, this effect is caused by the spin of our planet. This rhythm is our waking and sleeping patterns. 

God goes on to separate the “waters from the waters,” making the sea and the sky above it. There are planets in our solar system that are unseparated where the difference is unclear between atmosphere and surface. Life as we experience it, needs distinction. 

Then God separates the water and the dry ground into land and seas. Again, God judges his own work to be good. A+

Next, God creates the plants, each one with their own unique seed. Yesterday, while planting my spring garden, I was again surprised how much I could recognize each seed. Of course, a watermelon seed is the watermelon seed we spit at picnics, and the tomato seeds are a little dry versions of what we eat in a tomato. Carrots which we don’t see the seed of often from the grocery store, have tiny little seeds, as do lettuce. I will spare you the drama of finding out that potatoes are planted by using seed potatoes, which are just whatever potato you want to grow. In fact, I have several baby potato plants growing in my pantry right now.

Three days if creation is plenty for human me, I will go over the rest tomorrow.