Devotion:
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Read Genesis 2:4b-7.
This second creation story is prose, where the first story in Genesis 1 is poetry. The first one emphasizes pattern and repetition, while this one emphasizes the earth, even telling us that man was created from the dust of the earth. As different as these stories are, there is one huge similarity – each of them shows God creating what human beings needed for life before creating us. This shows God’s love and care for us. Don’t you love the way the writer says God, “breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being?” What a beautiful image of God taking this lifeless human form, holding it in His arms, and gently breathing breath and life into the human.
The gift of life is the most precious of our gifts. When things are going great for us, we would do well to remember that this wonderful life is a gift from God; and we should rejoice and be thankful for this gift. But when things are not going so well, and we begin to wonder if life is worth the pain, it is good to recall that life is given to us by God, who loves us and is always with us. Most of our lives are spent at different points along this wide spectrum; and we are meant, in all times, to make the most of this gift of life.
Personal Worship Option:
Pause to think about your breath being breathed first into your lungs by God, symbolizing that God has given you the gift of life. Give thanks to God for this awesome gift and pray for the sustaining faith that makes it the abundant life in Christ.
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