The Blue Strip - 

"The History of Creation"'                         Timeline

 

 

 

          When I first saw "The Blue Strip," as it is called, I knew that I wanted to take Level II training.  I've always loved history and timelines.  Telling the story of Creation has been very special to me as it celebrates God's love of all His creations.  It is also a good introduction to the Bible.  I now read Genesis with the class beforehand.   I got this idea from a Home School mother who came into the atrium on the first day of class. She somehow knew about this timeline and was ready to let me know what she wanted me to teach.  She did not like the idea of a smaller man, or cave man, presented.  She also said that she reserved the right to teach this to her children.  I respected her opinion because my daughter, sister and numerous younger friends are Home School moms also.  So I listened in hopes of learning something more.  I thought maybe she was against evolution and wanted only Adam and Eve to be the first men on earth.  I'm sure they were and told her so, and that is why I've always read about Adam and Eve from the Bible with my class since then.  I also believe in evolution as we've discovered bones of cavemen, confusing though it is. So this came as a big shock I wasn't prepared for - CGS is Gospel to me.  I never saw her after that until Communion Day.   I suppose she was satisfied that her daughter loved the atrium.  However, I continue to teach Creation very thoughtfully.  I enjoy Science and follow discoveries in outer space of new planets and galaxies to inform the children.  I used the words, "Big Bang" in my Creation story and have found out that this theory has even been debunked by some scientists recently.  However, I read it today in the news online so "Big Bang" is still used in scientific circles.  

 

Presently for Lent I've been reading a book called Luisa Piccarreta and the Divine Will - Teachings of Jesus by Susanne James.  Then I came across the following page.

So now I'm back to square one and will no longer speak of the smaller man as evolution but simply say, "The first men God created were smaller at first and then he created all sorts of homo sapiens (humans) with larger hands and brains.  God loves diversity.  With God all things are possible." If anyone would like to share how they carefully word this description of man's changes when doing the Fettuccia, I'd be interested to learn your thinking on this.   

Miata wrote in to tell me that the smaller man, the hominid, has been removed from the fettuccia and blue strip, and that we should just mention,  "Humans were the first of God's creations that could look around at the rest of creation and ask, "Who made this?"  Humans were also the first beings that could use their hands to improve and make new things out of creation around them."  

I'd already gotten rid of the blue man from the Fettuccia a long time ago after talking to the mother about it and now will get rid of the blue man from the Blue Strip.  Thank you, Miata.  I wouldn't have known otherwise.