In the Beginning

During the 1987–88 college year 📖⏳, after reading Genesis 1:1 (GNT) on a Sunday ✝️, I wrote a narrative poem titled “In the Beginning” 🕊️🎶 — a melodic Christian country reflection ✨🎵 on how God created the universe 🌌🌍.
🗣️ Personal Note
Not a strong singer 🎼😅, in 2024 I used AI tools 🤖📱 to bring the poem to life with music and vocals. I also made a biblical, scientific, and mathematical breakdown 📜🔬📖 💥📘. My vocals may rival Roseanne Barr’s anthem 🇺🇸😬, but I hope the message, heart, and humor shine ✨❤️🙏.
Title: “In the Beginning” 🌅📖🪐⏳
• Biblical: Genesis 1:1 — God created heaven and earth. ✝️🌌
• Scientific: Big Bang, origin of space, time, matter (~13.8B yrs). 💥🌟
• Mathematical: Initial condition (t=0). 🧮⏱
• Historical: Humanity’s search for origins, myths to astronomy. 🏺📜
[Verse 1]
“In the beginning, so the stories say,” 📖✨ — Biblical: Genesis & traditions. 📜🙏 Scientific: Humans ponder universe’s start. 🔭🌌 Mathematical: Stories as sequences. 🕰️📊 Historical: Early mythic storytelling. 🏺🗺️
“God placed the heavens, the night and the day,” 🌞🌜⭐ — Biblical: Creation of sky, day/night. ✝️ Scientific: Earth’s rotation cycles. 🌍🔄 Mathematical: Rotational mechanics. 🧮⏳ Historical: Calendars from celestial cycles. 🏛️📅
“But before that moment, when time took its start,” ⏳🌌 — Biblical: Pre-creation void. 🙏 Scientific: t=0, universe expands. 💥🪐 Mathematical: Initial conditions. 📈 Historical: “Before time” inquiry. 🏛️📚
“The earth was just forming, a work of God's art.” 🌍🎨 — Biblical: God as artist. ✝️ Scientific: Earth ~4.5B yrs ago. 🌑💫 Mathematical: Gravity & accretion. 🧮🌌 Historical: Divine craftsmanship. 🏺
[Verse 2]
“Deep in the darkness where the waters lay still,” 🌊🌑 — Biblical: Spirit over waters. ✝️ Scientific: Primordial oceans. 🌊🧪 Mathematical: Fluid dynamics. 🧮🌊 Historical: Water = pre-creation chaos. 🏺💧
“God's spirit was moving, by divine will,” 🙏✨ — Biblical: Spirit shapes creation. ✝️🕊️ Scientific: Energy shaping matter. ⚡🌌 Mathematical: Initial forces/momentum. 🧮⚛️ Historical: Divine vs natural order. 🏛️
“No measure of time, no countin' the years,” ⏱️❌ — Biblical: Time undefined. 📖🌌 Scientific: Emerges with Big Bang. ⏳💥 Mathematical: t<0 undefined. 🧮❓ Historical: Vague ancient time. 🏺🗓️
“Before the light echoed, dispelling our fears.” 💡✨😌 — Biblical: Genesis 1:3 — light commanded. ✝️ Scientific: Photons ~380k yrs post-Big Bang. 🌟🌌 Mathematical: Wave/light propagation. 🧮🌈 Historical: Light = knowledge & safety. 🕯️📜
[Chorus]
“Oh, in the beginning, in that holy embrace,” 🙏🤲✨
“Before the light shone upon every face,” 🌞👤
“God's plan was in motion, beyond what we knew,” 🕊️🪐
“Creating the heavens and earth out of the blue.” 🌌🌍💙
[Verse 3]
“From void and chaos, He whispered His plan,” 🌌💨🕊️ — Biblical: God orders chaos. ✝️ Scientific: Universe from singularity. 💥⚛️ Mathematical: Order from chaos. 🧮📈 Historical: Chaos myths (Greek, Egyptian). 🏺🌊
“The light that would guide every woman and man,” 💡🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ — Biblical: Light as guidance. ✝️✨ Scientific: Sunlight enables life. ☀️🌱 Mathematical: Wave propagation. 🧮🌈 Historical: Sun worshipped as life-giving. 🌞🏺
“With each spoken word, the universe grew,” 🗣️🌌 — Biblical: Creation via speech. ✝️ Scientific: Universe expands; words = forces. 🌌⚛️ Mathematical: Exponential growth. 🧮📊 Historical: Oral traditions shape understanding. 🏺📜
“Revealing the world, both ancient and new.” 🌍⏳✨ — Biblical: God’s creation spans time. ✝️ Scientific: Ancient rocks + ongoing evolution. 🪨🌱 Mathematical: Time series models. 🧮⏱️ Historical: Deep time recognized 18–19th c. 🏛️📚
[Verse 4]
“We ponder the ages, those days undefined,” 🕰️🤔 — Biblical: “Days” symbolic. ✝️ Scientific: Vast timescales. 🌌🪐 Mathematical: Log/scaling. 🧮📏 Historical: Calendars approximate. 🏺📜
“Yet in that silence, God's love you will find,” 🤫❤️🙏 — Biblical: Divine presence constant. ✝️ Scientific: Forces before structure. ⚛️🌌 Mathematical: Constants govern behavior. 🧮 Historical: Meditation senses divine. 🏛️🕊️
“For time and creation, beyond earthly charts,” 🌍🗺️⏳ — Biblical: Beyond measurement. ✝️ Scientific: Cosmic/geological scales immense. 🌌🪐 Mathematical: Infinite/asymptotic behavior. 🧮♾️ Historical: Events beyond documentation. 🏺🌊
“Were crafted by God, from the depths of His heart.” ❤️🙏🌌 — Biblical: God’s care. ✝️ Scientific: Fine-tuned laws enable complexity. ⚛️🌍 Mathematical: Elegant system. 🧮🌀 Historical: Artistic expression reflects divine inspiration. 🏛️🎨
[Chorus] (repeated [same breakdown as the chorus)