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Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5: In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. Abridged: When we are born, our heart contains the Light of God we need to resist darkness and live according to the image of Christ within us. God’s intention for us at creation is that we live in, and be, light. Meditation: When we are born into human life, our heart contains all of the Light of God that we will ever need to resist darkness and live according to the image of Christ within us. The original blessing God gives us at birth includes knowledge of spiritual things beyond the realm of this world. Our mind at birth knows nothing of the light and darkness of the world as it concerns itself solely with the basic functions needed for our survival. We can compare our birth-mind to the first stages of creation as told in the first chapter of Genesis: 1) “In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth . . . a wind from God swept over the face of the waters” (God created us in our mother’s womb); 2) “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light” (God placed the image of Christ within us); and 3) “God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night” (God separated us from darkness in the world). God’s intention for us at creation is that we live in, and be, light. The only thing we need to do to accomplish God’s purpose for our life is to move beyond the self we learn about in the world, and remember the place from which we began. Prayer: Place your joy into our heart, O God, and put on our feet a spirit of holy dance. Lift from us the weight of the world so that we may have joy and laughter in our soul. Cleanse our hearts, O God, and give us pure faith in you. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen Enter password: .