Genesis 1: 1-5

The earth lay shrouded in darkness,

The chill of night was deep.

The murmur of a restless dream

Had disrupted my sleep.

I lay still in the emptiness,

While all the fears I face

Came creeping up beside my bed,

Tugging my pillowcase.

I felt the fright that overwhelms,

The hopelessness of fate,

Reach out its icy hand to try

And crush me with its weight.

I tried to fight the fears and tears,

But as they washed my face

I reached up through the formless pain

And called to you for grace.

Within a moment of my plea

The night began to lift.

My nameless fears slipped out in fright

Before dawn’s golden drift

And there, above the silhouette,

Of all my darkest fears

I saw the glory of the sun

Cast diamonds in my tears.

Genesis 1: 1-5

 ¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ² Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

 ³ And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. ⁴ God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. ⁵ God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.