Genesis 5 - Created

Genesis 5 is not exactly packed with action like the previous 4. It's essentially a uber long list of lineage with the names of people and how long they lived. How interesting... ... But hidden inside that information are two verses that are pretty interesting. Here is what verses 1 and 2 say:

"When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them men."

I highlighted a few words in that section because I think they are really important.

The word "created" is repeated 3x within 2 verses. Why? I think God likes repeats the things He knows we will struggle with. You know like your mum/dad's consistent nagging on when will you clean the room and stuff like dat.

On 1 of those days when I don't feel like His mona lisa or michaelangelo, He left a love note for me, He has gone out of his way to tell me He created me. 3 times. over.

Created.
Created.
Created.

And if I miss that, He tells me He made me. He called us man. He gave us our name.

Above all that, He blessed us. After He made us, He blessed us and named us. Please note that it doesn't say, "He blessed those that deserved it." Or, "He blessed those that had a consistent quiet time and were able to read the whole Bible in a year." The blessing is part of our nature as much as the need for oxygen is. We are wired with it. From creation, it is been a gift we were given.

My prayer today is that regardless of how gross you feel, regardless of if you've made life one big, broken inescapable mess, you'll remember one true idea - you were created by God. And somehow he blesses your pretty much wrecked up life no matter how resilient you're to the idea.

Dig that atheists !