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    In The Beginning God
    In The Beginning God
    In The Beginning God
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    In The Beginning God

    By Dawn Pitts

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    In her second Christian book for Children, Dawn Pitts has selected six Old Testament stories and has written them from a teenager’s perspective. Beginning with the Creation Week when the teenager, Edmund Beal, becomes convinced of the need of a begging to the world in which he and his friend Jason Marsden, live. Jason suggests that they visit Jason’s grandfather, Mr Marsden, for advice on the matter. The two young lads then take the reader on a journey back in time to the beginning, from the Book of Genesis, 1:1 they follow the Creation Week. Other stories in this anthology are the Fall from God’s Grace, The Flood, the Tower of Babel, The Walls came Tumbling Down, and David and Goliath. At a time when the principles of society are heading towards oblivion, this book is on the must-read list for all teenagers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDawn Pitts
    Release dateAug 26, 2016
    ISBN9781370281831
    In The Beginning God
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    Dawn Pitts

    My writing career began in 1999 when I was led to write a children's book. A few years earlier I was working as a Library Assistant in a high school and soon discovered that a number of young teenagers had reading difficulties and that there was no suitable material for them to read. This was the seed that grew a few years later when I was walking regularly in an effort to lose weight when I heard a voice tell me to write a children's book. My reaction was, "No way. I'm not good at that sort of thing and where would I start." Feeling smug I continued home and tried to put the idea out of my mind. A few days later the Reader's Digest arrived in the letterbox and in it was a course for Writing for Children. I almost died."Over the next six months I completed the course and then had the confidence to join a local writing group. Since then I've have had success entering both local and national competitions. I now teach classes as a volunteer and enjoy passing the knowledge on to other authors.I have three adult children and five adult grandchildren.

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      In The Beginning God - Dawn Pitts

      IN THE BEGINNING GOD.

      By Dawn Pitts

      This book is copyright and apart from any fair dealing for criticism or review under the COPYRIGHT ACT no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission from the author.

      In The Beginning GOD

      By Dawn Pitts

      Copyright © 2006

      Cover design by the author © 2006

      ISBN 9781370281831

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      In Gratitude

      Dedication

      Preface – In The Beginning God

      The Creation Week

      The Fall From God’s Grace

      The Flood That Destroyed All Of God’s Creation

      The Tower Of Babel

      David And Goliath

      Acknowledgements

      About Dawn Pitts

      Connect With Dawn Pitts

      IN GRATITUDE

      With many thanks to all those who have read and re-read this manuscript, for without your expertise this anthology would not have been completed.

      DEDICATION

      To my family, who are yet to be blessed with the knowledge of God? To all those faithful Christians, who have gone before, and those who are still faithfully awaiting Christ’s return.

      Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

      Matthew 11:28

      PREFACE – IN THE BEGINNING GOD

      The creation of life and the purpose of living are perennial questions for many people. The writer of Ecclesiastes states that God has set eternity in the hearts of people and they cannot fathom it – we are essentially hard-wired to search for the meaning of life, and to engage spiritually. We are spiritual beings. We cannot help but search for meaning as to our origin and what follows, our existence, and the search is lifelong.

      That is where this book fits in. The book undertakes the challenging role of exploring the pre-patriarchal narrative of Genesis 1:11, the conquest for the Promised Land in Joshua and finishes with the story of David and Goliath. In doing so, the author delves into the deep theological tapestry of the Scriptures, through the wondering and corresponding guidance of key characters.

      It is the story of three central characters: a Grandfather (Mr Marsden) and two 15-year-old boys (Jason, Marsden’s grandson, and his friend Edmund): mentor and keen students.

      The book is informative, educational and interesting, and being framed in a conversational style, it is easy to read. The boys’ questions of Mr Marsden are found to be both inquisitive and pertinent in nature, and the author demonstrates a creditable appreciation of theology in the issues selected, an in the way they are handled.

      The creation account is brought alive for both Jason and Edmund, as their questions and enthusiasm for the subject are dealt with in a positive way. The book highlights the significant role mature adults should play in the lives of children. As a mentor of children and youth, myself, I was forced to check my own approach against Mr Marsden’s patient and nurturing manner, and this proved a positive experience personally.

      The book is an important book for both adults and young people to read. It offers fresh insight into one subject that is often neglected today, because it is ‘too hard’ – the literal rendering of the creation accounts of Genesis 1 and 2. This is analysed in elaborate detail for a book of its genre.

      The book climaxes with joy at its end with Edmund giving his life to God after being led through the believer’s prayer by Mr Marsden.

      I highly recommend that people interested in children, youth, evangelism, and the future of our faith, read and use this book.

      Steve Whickham. BSc (Curtin)

      GradDip Bible & Ministry

      Baptist Theological College of WA.

      THE CREATION WEEK

      There has to be a beginning of our world! exclaimed Edmund Beal. And something more substantial than the ‘Big Bang Theory’ that is touted about by some adults. It just doesn’t make a lot of sense…it’s not realistic…it’s too disjointed and above all, it is not logical, Edmund concluded.

      Well, replied Jason Marsden, his friend, I agree with you. I might not be an adult, but I can’t see any other way than there being a beginning of the world as we know it by a well-planned series of events. Even the minutest insect must have a brain and nervous system to walk or fly, and in my wildest imaginings I can’t see how it happened by chance. Of course, there must be a beginning. We have the beginning and the end of a week. We celebrate New Year’s Day in the beginning of the year and New Year’s Eve at the end, Jason said, his voice showing annoyance. I do believe that we asked grandad this question when we were younger…about ten years of age I think, so let’s go and ask him to elaborate on our questions, Edmund.

      Why not, I haven’t seen your grandad for ages.

      All things have a beginning, such as seeds that grow into plants that we eat or like to look at. The world must have begun at some place in time, declared Edmund, impatiently.

      My grandad breeds King George Spaniel dogs, while maintaining his gardening interests, Jason said. Grandad says ‘that dogs have always been dogs, and it doesn’t matter what breed of dog you have, they are dogs… not half a dog and half a cat,’ he concluded.

      But that doesn’t tell me exactly where the first dog, cat or bird came from, Edmund stated. And I really do want to know, what came first the chicken or the egg? I know Mr Marsden told us before but I didn’t take all that much interest then, as I was partly convinced that what we heard at school and saw on TV was indisputable.

      We are told that it all started millions of years ago and we developed from something that crawled out of the mud, Jason said as he grinned at his friend’s perplexed expression.

      Well I don’t believe that for a moment because an egg needs such tender care. If it gets cold or becomes too hot the chick inside the egg will die.

      We all know that, Edmund, but is the temperature that critical? asked Jason.

      According to my uncle it is. You see Uncle Mick had a poultry farm and I used to have holidays at his place. He had a huge shed with round, walled-off areas called tanks. The tank was only about 30 centimetres high and I was quite little but I could step over it and pick up the chicks. They were so cute and soft with their yellow feathers. One night there was a power failure and some of the chicks died from exposure. Do you think that your grandad will help me?

      I am sure he will. I’ll just leave mum a note telling her where we are, otherwise she will worry. They left Jason’s mother a note and stuck it on the fridge with a magnet.

      The boys walked in the bright sunshine to see Jason’s grandfather, who lived in the next street. So you see Grandad, we need to know what happened in the very beginning. We know we have asked you before, but all that stuff you told us is called a myth at school and now we are quite confused.

      I see, his grandad replied. You must understand that I was not born in the very beginning of time. I’ll just wash my hands at the outside trough, near the garden shed. As you can see Edmund, I still like my vegetable garden. It is many weeks since we spoke and if my memory is correct, I was planting cabbage plants at the time and they are now ready to harvest.

      "I can only just accept the idea that cabbages grew

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