John 1:1-5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
The Word. He was the one who fashioned the heavens and the earth from nothing, who crafted stunning works of beauty beyond compare, unimaginable in scope, both infinite and infinitesimal, from planets orbiting suns in the largest solar systems to electrons orbiting protons and neutrons in the smallest atoms.
He was the one who molded the earth as a potter molds his clay, who separated land and sea, who carved out valleys and sculpted mountains. He was the one who breathed life into Adam and Eve. The same life he breathes into each of us.
And on that night in Bethlehem, that very breath gave him life. And with that first breath, light was born into the world, a hushed guarantee that darkness would never prevail.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
- Colossians 1:15-17
