Most people think they are ready ...or hope that they are. Ready to 'soar', that is ...at least, that is a dream.

But, often in junior high ...someone may just want to clip your wings.

At school, there was a group we felt we couldn't identify with. This one group appeared to us to be rather ...well, it seemed they felt they were better than the rest of us.

Okay, maybe it's presumptuous to say they felt they were better, or perhaps we just felt we were less ...because we did feel they were better.

Whichever case was true, we just felt we couldn't get along. They couldn't quite seem to be able to relate to us, and we couldn't relate to them.

So, we just decided to ignore them.  And we knew that pretending that someone doesn't exist is difficult for the one being excluded from recognition ...especially in junior high.

And since we were in charge of the yearbook, we just left them out.  Anyone who wanted to refer to the yearbook ...would find no record of them.

I've never heard of this happening ...it seems absurd, and wouldn't ever be tolerated or allowed.

Actually ...this is not about a yearbook, nor is it about junior high school. But, it is about a book ...and a record of existence that many are trying to either conceal, or if not, to at least degrade.

The Book is the Bible ...and it records many events.

A yearbook records events of s school year ...but, I'm focusing at this time on only the six days recorded in the beginning of the Bible.

The absence of any mention of the angels in those six days seems as strange to me as it would be for that one junior high school group to be ignored in their yearbook.

How could grass and trees ...fowl and fish ...cattle and every creeping thing ...how can that all be mentioned, but not any mention of angels??

Of course, man and woman are mentioned ...but, how does grass, trees, fowl, fish, cattle, and creeping things stand to be mentioned??  But, even in a record written specifically for man and woman, wouldn't the angels seem to be at least as significant as the other creatures??

Unless they weren't created within the six days.

The Book of Job, Chapter 38, says that the angels sang at Creation ...at least, that is how I read it.  And the Creation account described in the first Chapter of Genesis tells us about our human habitation, not about what is outside of that.  So, I believe all of what I read in God's Word ...and sort of believe what I feel makes sense while reading it, whether it makes sense to others, or not.

It is not describing the angels habitation, or if you prefer, the angels previous habitation. There had to be water at some point before the six days, as the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters while everything else seemed to be without form and void.

And it seems to me that the fallen angels had completed their rebellion before this also. They wouldn't be the ones singing at Creation ...but, singing is a good way to express relief or a victory.  The serpent in the Garden of Eden had obviously attempted to regroup, and try another strategy ...now being confined to a new environment

What is the purpose of this new environment???

In this new environment, grace, mercy, and justice would all be carried out ...and all with our ability to understand it, if we so desired to.

The six days of Creation were a new beginning of sorts, and all of which was directed to the day that Jesus came to earth as man ...to suffer, die, and bring to life our possibility of eternal life with Him.

What do I mean by possibility??

Well, that would be choice.

Yes, we all do have the ability to choose.

It is not forced upon us.  We are not made to choose.

Yet, we also can't avoid choosing by trying not to choose at all.

Not choosing is also a choice ...and in this case, it is not a admirable gesture as in politely allowing someone else to choose.  And it is not like an election where we do not want to commit, so we just decide not to vote. 

If a boat comes near, yet we feel the shore is rather near also ...we must make a decision, as we can't tread water for forever. And we don't know what attention our kicking legs are attracting beneath the surface of the water ...nor do we know how quickly the water becomes shallow near shore, providing safety from what we can't see beneath the water.  The water may be deep right near the shore.  Yet, the boat has a crew that could provide more help than a shoreline of sand and shells.

On the other hand, if the crew also has shells ...ammunition shells, pointing at me, I may not have a chance with those on board, or of reaching the shore.  Yet, if I could see Jesus on shore ...I would go towards Him.  

You are right, analogies are not always good ones ...nor do they get us to the real point.  Better to just make the point. And the point is, that to choose Jesus, is to choose to accept not just His Name, but to accept all of what He has said.  And it also means we should not disregard what the Father has said, as Jesus said He and the Father are One.

If this makes no sense to you ...then why are you reading what I am saying??  What needs to be done, is for everyone to do their best to try reading the Bible.  It often helps to read it with someone else, but sometimes that is not so much a help.  I can't tell you so much as to discern which is best in which situation.

And it is not always easy to tell which Spirit is hovering upon the face of the water, and which tempts us to stay afloat just long enough to drag us under.  I can only say ...that the Bible is the best that anyone can do. To pray about it, read it, and pray again for discernment.