“Why did I not die at birth?…Why is light given to the miserable and life unto the bitter in soul who look for death, but it is not there, and they search for it more than for hidden treasures… For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groaning pours forth like the waters. For the thing which I greatly feared has happened to me, and that which I dreaded has come to me. I am not at peace; I…..
. “When God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was completely formless and empty, with nothing but darkness draped over the deep. God’s Spirit hovered over the face of the waters. And then God announced: ‘Let there be light,’ and light burst forth! And God saw the light was as pleasing and beautiful; he used the light to dispel the darkness. God called the light ‘Day,’ and the darkness ‘Night.’ And so, evening gave way to morning—the first…..