When I read the first passage, that God saw what he had made and thought it was good, I thought that this goes against a popular belief that God is this menacing being that is out there to destroy the fun in everyone's life. He saw from the beginning that he liked what he had created. Why would that change so so drastically over the years?
"I am that I am". That phrase has always confused me. I still don't know what God meant by that. Is he trying to say he's so powerful that we cannot name him? Or that he is too worthy to be labeled with a human name? Or keeping his real name from us? No clue.
These five words "Love your neighbor as yourself" have such a simple message, yet they are very hard to follow. It is hard to love others as much as we love ourselves, since practically everything we do is to bring some sort of pleasure to ourselves. Yeah we do nice things to others, but don't we want something in return? A thank you, a smile, to feel appreciated, a favor. I think it's asking us to love others as unselfishly as we love ourselves selfishly. Does that make sense? Very wise, but difficult words to follow.
This was an interesting passage, I actually don't think I've read it before. "I form light and create darkness; I make peace and create evil." God created everything. Both the opposites light and darkness; peace and evil. How can we appreciate one without the other? It makes sense to create both. People always ask how God let bad things happen. I think it's so we can appreciate the good times. If everything was good and happy all the time, would we appreciate it or even notice how good it is? Not if we haven't experienced the complete opposite.
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