In the beginning

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Published on Sunday, July 12, 2015

By Rev. Glenna Beauchamp

 Rivers United Church

When does your day start? Most of us would name a time in the morning when we get out of bed and get ready for the day ahead.

There are exceptions though. My dad was a shift worker, so his day might begin in the middle of the afternoon, or very late in the evening. 

In the very first chapter of Genesis, after God started to create the world, we read: “And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.” It seems God’s work began in the evening, and that makes sense even now.

It is in the evening toward what is the end of our day, when we are winding down and beginning to rest, when we are finally still, that God can get to work on us; when we are better able to be aware of God’s presence, when we can hear God’s voice more easily. Scriptures assure us God is always with us, it’s just that it’s harder for us to be with God until our work day is coming to an end and we can begin to rest in God’s presence.

Summer is a time when we are more free from many demands, when we can slow down and just be for a while. May summer also be a time for us to invite our Creator to cleanse, heal and renew us.