Darkness Over the Earth

It has been over a year since I have written one of these. I have missed it, yet haven't really felt like I had anything to offer. Recently I asked God what to read in the Bible, and He simply stated to start at the beginning. I think that's where I should start here as well. No, I will not be writing about each verse from the beginning, but will focus on ones that God wants me to.

"The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God wash hovering over the face of the waters."
Genesis 1:2

How many times have I read this verse? I have never before even thought about it much. This time when I read it the word "darkness" jumped right out at me. I realized that the darkness was already here. God didn't create darkness. Since I believe that God created everything that blew my mind a little. But then I thought about the fact that God didn't create evil. He didn't create sin. He didn't create mosquitoes and wasps. Okay, so He did create them, but I wonder why!

With this realization I needed to study the words of the verse to hopefully understand it better. The earth means the earth, but it wasn't formed yet. Like it says "without form and void" That means it was empty, wasteland. I do wonder what that must have looked like.

Darkness is interesting. It was covering the the surface of the deep. As far as I can tell from Strong's is that the deep is water. Which makes sense since in verse 6 He separates the water from the water. So this darkness is covering the a watery, empty earth.

God hovers over it. Here I thought it meant He was just over it. No, it means that He was cherishing it. The Lord was looking at this vastly earth and He was loving it. It makes me think of another time when He loved the world. "For God sol loved the world that He gave His only Son,that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." John :16.

That's the end of this little verse, but, at least for me, one that is full of so much. I'm sure there is so much more it as well.