With a hop

Hop, skip and jump

Life is very simple really! There is an ancient book that I have found acts as a guide to life, infinity and the universe. I want to take you through this book with a hop, skip and a jump!
Are you ready?
High five! 

Let's hop in at the very beginning. The world was created by God. He spoke and it came into being!
Land, sky, trees, plants, sea, birds, fish, animals, trees, plants, and man.
What's your most favourite thing about the world we live in?
Hop around the room and name everything you can think of that you think is good and interesting about our world. 

God enjoyed man and His creation. It was GOOD! There was no badness in it. Because God created the world, He knew what was needed to keep the world a place of life and love. God knew that there needed to be absolute trust and love between Him and man. God told the man that he should not eat the fruit of one tree. The fruit from every other tree was available to eat but man needed to trust God that the fruit of this tree shouldn't eaten.

Something VERY sad happened. The man and woman began to doubt God and were tempted to eat the fruit of the forbidden tree. DISASTER struck!
From that moment on the world began to become messed up:-(
Now - thousands of years later the world has gradually gotten worse and worse. Today we live in a VERY messy world where bad things happen. Our world today is not like God's original creation.

God never intended there should be disease or sickness. God never intended there should be murder or hate. God never intended there should be poverty or wars where children are left homeless and orphaned.
Think of something sad that has happened to you or to someone you know. 
Realise that God never intended for there to be sadness!

BUT GOD......had a plan to fix the mess!

Let's skip on through the ancient book and find out what God's plan was.....