In the Beginning Was the Word

Yesterday we talked about the second person of the Trinity who became flesh and bone in Jesus, the Christ. Today we’re rewinding the clock and thinking about the Christ before Jesus was born, back all the way to the very beginning of time. Today we’re going to read a passage of scripture and engage our imagination.

As you read the passage below, what images form in your mind about who the passage is talking about? Spend a moment and think about what those images mean to you and how they affect how you think of God. Then spend a moment and feel, paying attention to what emotions or sensations come attached to those images of the God these verses portray and the images that form for you as you read these words.

Finally, after doing your thinking and feeling work, read through the passage one more time and then pray out of what has come up for you.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life,and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. - John 1:1-5