GENESIS 1:27 POEM BY SUSIE HALE

Created in the image of God,

And formed by His own hand,

Man was brought forth from dust,

The covering of the land.

God saw Adam needed a helper

for the image was not complete.

The animals were not a perfect fit,

So, the Lord caused Adam to sleep.

From one of man’s ribs God fashioned

In His own likeness, another being,

A softer, gentler version of human,

And Adam declared after seeing,

“This is now bone of my bones,

And flesh of my flesh,” and was pleased.

Adam called God’s creation woman

And eventually named her Eve.

Together, they were made in God’s image,

And were created to walk with Him.

But it wasn’t long ‘til they disobeyed

And into the world entered sin.

But long before God created the world,

He had a magnificent, sovereign plan

That eventually Eve’s Descendant

Would be sacrificed to save man.

Of Jesus, it would be written,

“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory”

Christ is the alpha and omega,

The beginning and end of the story!