In the Garden of Eden… do you think there was waste? Take a moment. Imagine it if you will. Scripture tells us that “in the beginning,” there was wild and waste—tohu va’vohu. The Spirit hovered and God brought order. In Genesis 1, we’re given a rhythm of forming and filling: Three days to form the spaces—heavens above, waters below, land in between. Three days to fill those spaces—with heavenly host, swarming creatures, beasts of the earth—and finally, humanity.