Author's Notes: I'm writing this down because there aren't that many good stories of God, and the ones I do find is stories twisting God into a homosexual deviant. Unbelievable, it says right in the Bible and shows God is not like, that people make things up about him. The Jesus Storybook Bible tells the story beneath all the stories in the Bible. It takes the whole Bible to tell this Story. And in the story Jesus is at the center of it all.

Disclaimer: I don't own "The Jesus Storybook Bible" or anything, all the credit goes to Sally Lloyd-Jones. This is to help others understand the Bible easily for free.

Chapter 2

The beginning: a Perfect Home

The song of creation from Genesis 1-2

IN THE BEGINNING, there was nothing. Nothing to hear. Nothing to feel. Nothing to see.

Only emptiness. And darkness.

And... nothing but nothing.

But God was there. And God had a wonderful Plan.

"I'll take this emptiness," God said, "and I'll fill it up! Out of darkness, I'm going to make light! And out of the nothing, I'm going to make... EVERYTHING!"

Like a mother bird flutters her wings over her eggs to help her babies hatch, God hovered over the deep, silent darkness. He was making life happen.

God spoke. That's all. And whatever he said, it happened.

God said, "Hello light!" and light shone into the darkness. God called the light, "Day" and the darkness, "Night."

"You're good," God said. And they were.

Then God said, "Hello sea! Hello sky!" and a great space opened up, wide and deep and high. "You're good," God said. And they were.

Then God said, "Hello land!" and there - splashing up through the oceans - came cliffs, mountains, sandy beaches. "You're good," God said. And they were.

"Hello trees!" God said. "Hello grass and flowers!" And everything everywhere burst into life. He made buds bud; shoots shoot; flowers flower. "You're good," God said. And they were.

"Hello stars!" God said. "Hello sun! Hello moon!" And whizzing into the darkness came fiery globes, spinning around and around- whirling orange and purple and golden planets. "You're good," God said. And they were.

Hello birds!" God said. And with fluttering and

flapping and chirping and singing, birds filled the skies. "Hello fish!" God said. And with a darting and dashing and wriggling and splashing, fish filled the seas! "You're good" God said. And they were.

Then God said, "Hello animals!" And everyone came out to embrace their new home. The earth was filled with noisy - growling and gobbling and snapping and snorting and happy scuffling. "Your good," God said. And they were.

God saw all that he had made and he loved them. And they were lovely because he loved them.

But God saved the best for last. From the beginning, God had a shining dream in his heart. He would make people to share his Forever Happiness. They would be his children, and the world would be their perfect home.

So God breathed life into Adam and Eve. When they opened their eyes, the first thing they ever saw was God's face. And when God saw them he was like a new dad. "You look like me," he said. "You're the most beautiful thing I've ever made

God loved them with all of his heart. And they were lovely because he loved them.

And Adam and Eve joined in the song of the stars and the streams and the wind in the trees, the wonderful song of love to the one who made them. Their hears were filled with happiness. And nothing ever made them sad or lonely or sick or afraid.

God looked at everything he had made. "Perfect!" he said. And it was.

But all the stars and the mountains and oceans and galaxies and everything were nothing compared to how much God loved his children. He would move heaven and earth to be bear them. Always. Whatever happened, whatever it cost him, he would always love them.

And so it was that the wonderful love story began...

Next chapter: The Terrible Lie

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