Before there was time there was God. That’s what the very first words of Genesis reveal to us. In God’s very first act of creation, God breathed God’s own spirit into creation.

The gospel of Mark tells us that the same spirit of God present at creation appeared when Jesus was baptized in the Jordan. God’s spirit tore open the sky, descended upon Jesus like a dove, and spoke from the heavens “You are my Son, the Beloved.”

Let there be no doubt, the spirit of God that swept over the waters at creation that descended upon Jesus at the Jordan, that filled and empowered the early church, comes from beyond human time into our time and into us. With each breath of our lives, we carry the spirit of God that has been present since before time and we live into this spirit by letting our light shine in this world!

May God’s spirit fan your Christ light, so that the world may see your good works and give glory to God in heaven!