Unit 1 session 1 God created the world and people

 Craft: MAGIC STARS 

Verse: 

4 He determines the number of the stars;
    he gives to all of them their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
    his understanding is beyond measure.

Psalm 147:4-5

Materials needed: white card stock, white crayon, dark water color paints, paint brush

Instructions: 

1. Draw stars, planets, the moon on a piece of white card stock with a white crayon.

2. Paint over the crayon drawings with dark colors of water color paint. 

3. As you paint the stars will magically appear, just like when God first spoke them into place. 

4. Let your paper dry on a flat surface. 

Purpose: This craft is so much fun and the finished product is actually really cool looking. But that's not all...this craft is a great discussion starter about how God is all knowing, powerful, and so amazingly loving. As God was making our beautiful world He knew that we would mess it up. He knew that we could not, not sin. So before he even stared, he laid out a plan of how he would save us. As he was speaking very star into existance and speaking life into every animal he knew that one day he would send His son to redeem it all. He made Adam and Eve and loved them, loved them so much that He didn't want to be with out them and more importantly He knew that they COULD NOT live without Him. To be honest I am kinda jealous of Adam and Eve. Not the part where they sinned and pretty much messed up everything for all people everywhere. The part where they had such an intimate and tangible relationship with God. Walking with God in the cool of the evening in a perfect world, a beautiful garden. A beautiful sunset, a breeze blowing, hand in hand with their creator, the one who loves them more than they can even fathom. Amazing. And to think he thought this whole world up! What an awesome imagination and how smart! God created everything but not just the things but the ways they would work together and all the system and cycles. To think that I will be in His presence one day is totally mind blowing and so exciting! God made us, we messed it up, and Jesus saved the day! And soon we will get to walk with him, hand in hand, in a perfect again world.