“Where Were You?”

Council Fire · Oct 3, 2026 · 3m

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (NIV) I think we take this verse for granted too much. We also take God too much for granted. Sure, we quote this verse and say, “Genesis is a book about God.” But, from this verse, have you ever paused to consider God’s awesomeness? His excellence? His unspeakableness? No? Well, let’s do it! The observable universe has approximately one trillion galaxies. Each galaxy has on average 100 billion stars. And let’s suppose that each star has nine planets, like our sun (star). Are you lost in those numbers yet? No? Well, don’t…