It Will Be Here Before We Know It!

They Ruined It!

Have you ever let your imagination sit upon what it might be like if Adam and Eve hadn't given in to the temptation the serpent presented them with in the garden? God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit and just spent 6 amazing day creating everything from nothing. Their finest creation, the one created in their own image was to rule over the other creatures in the garden - Paradise! I mean, the food was perfect, the climate was perfect, everything was perfect! And past that, they had intimate and immediate fellowship with their Creator. Everything they could have ever possibly needed was all there, and He was there with them. IMAGINE walking and talking with Creator God.
There was only 1 rule..."Don't eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil." One forbidden fruit...just one in comparison with everything else. And one enemy of man who was allowed access to them. He must have had such a persuasive argument that day...or was it over many days that he talked and whispered in Eve's ear. He certainly didn't make her do it, but I'm sure Satan gave it all he had. It must have felt like such a victory for him to be able to tempt the woman and the man into choosing against their Creator God. And in one choice...one moment...EVERYTHING was changed FOREVER. And Adam and Eve, God's finest creations, were forced to flee the perfect Garden that was created just for them. It was in that one moment when our need for a Savior, a Redeemer became necessary. Sin had entered the world. And it would be a long time that the true enemy of God and man would rule upon the face of this created earth until God the Father would send His Son to save us. But not the way many thought. A baby...a man...one of us, who would know every sin we'd ever face ,but would choose the right way so that He could defeat sin and save us all.
It's hard to IMAGINE the world perfect because all we know is imperfect. Doesn't that make us all the more grateful that our Savior, born a tiny baby, came all the way from His heavenly home to become one of us so that He could save us, once for all. There is no need to IMAGINE that part. He did it. It happened and we are FOREVER changed again. Hope entered the world...and His name is Emmanuel, God With Us...Jesus.

Creating Something From Nothing

Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

Imagine this....NOTHING...can you do it? Can you clear your mind of everything and imagine nothing? That was what it was before God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit created. They spoke the world and all that is in it into existence. And isn't our world and its creation amazing! Talk about some imagination! This year's IMAGINE CHRISTMAS production journeys all the way back to the beginning, and at the beginning, there was nothing. And God began to speak into existence a perfectly created world. For 6 days, He spoke and there was something from nothing, over and over again. And His finest creation of all, man in His own image. And God looked at all He had created and said, "It is good."

Now meet Aaron Wade. He is our worship associate, and this year he has been given the challenge of creating something from nothing. Robert asked Aaron to write an original composition for our Creation production number. That's right! An original. And Aaron started with nothing. This process is so interesting to be a part of. Here is just a sneak preview of how an original piece of music is composed, in order to come to life live in our IMAGINE CHRISTMAS production.

Aaron has a software that has sample sounds of each instrument in an orchestra. We put together some sample video of what will be happening on the stage to IMAGINE what creation could have been like according to the scriptural account in Genesis. Then the writing begins. Aaron has used a great deal of imagination, had many meetings with other musicians and worship staff members, and worked many long hours in order to produce something from nothing. And he has had to do it over and over again for every instrument that makes up the orchestra for the show. Each one needing a different part that comes together to make one piece of music. This musical moment has already created much anticipation for us here at First Euless. To celebrate life of all living creatures FROM THE BEGINNING. It causes me to stand amazed and in awe of what God did so long ago, and what He alone enables us to do today, through Him. We have already been praising God for His new creations through us for IMAGINE CHRISTMAS, From the Beginning. 39 days and counting!

Oh, and just for your information, Aaron is on Day 8 of his Creation.