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READ: GENESIS 1:1-3; JOHN 1:1-18; COLOSSIANS 1:15-20; HEBREWS 1:8-12\n\n\n\nHave you ever dreamed of being a paleontologist? There\u2019s something awe-inspiring about fossils, whether you find a rock with an imprint of a leaf or a marine creature on it, or go to a museum where entire skeletons are constructed. It\u2019s amazing what we can discover about the past through what we find in the ground.\n\n\n\nDo you know how fossils are formed? When a living thing, like a plant or an animal, is buried in mud or clay for years and years, the material around it gets very hard as time goes by. Eventually, the plant or animal dissolves away, leaving openings in the hardened material. Those openings are exactly the shape of the plant or animal that has disappeared. When this process happens with animals, the flesh and hair and feathers wear away first, but the bones, teeth, and horns take longer to decompose. Over time, water finds its way into the cavity in the ground, and the minerals in the water gradually replace the bones and such until there is a complete replica of the original skeleton.\n\n\n\nThis whole process takes quite a while. You might say fossils are \u201cas old as the hills,\u201d to quote an old saying. The ironic thing is, we aren\u2019t even sure exactly how old the hills are. But God knows. He existed long before the earth or anything in it. God is eternal, with no beginning or end. And we\u2019re not just talking about God the Father. Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Father have always existed. God is one God in three persons\u2014that\u2019s why we sometimes refer to God as the Trinity. Together, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit made the earth and everything in it. And that makes it even more awe-inspiring to realize that God came and lived among us as a human. Jesus is God incarnate, and He experienced all the same things we do, even death. But death could not keep its hold on Him\u2014after three days in the grave, Jesus rose (Acts 2:24).\n\n\n\nAs finite human beings, we can\u2019t totally wrap our minds around these truths\u2014even Bible scholars and pastors can\u2019t quite explain the mysteries of God. Yes, throughout our lives we\u2019ll learn more and more about God, but there will be many things we won\u2019t fully understand until we see Jesus face-to-face, and that\u2019s okay. As we look forward to that glorious day, we can marvel, wonder, and rest in the truth of God\u2019s greatness and eternal love for us. \u2022 A. W. Smith\n\n\n\n\u2022 What are some of the mysteries about God that you have trouble wrapping your mind around? Who are trusted Christians in your life you could talk with about these mysteries?\n\n\n\nAll things were created through him [Jesus]\u2026 John 1:3a (CSB)