Day 13: Gap? Part 2

Verse 2 of Genesis chapter 1:  "And the earth was without form and void, darkness  was upon the face of the deep.
Darkness is from the word choshek (Strongs 2821) meaning dark, darkness, figuratively misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness, night, obscurity.   This does not sound like something God would create.   It does sound like something God could use to bring forth something beautiful.
Face is from paniym (Strongs Hebrew 6440), meaning surface, before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before or in front of, before,countenance,  to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of.
Deep (Strongs Hebrew 8415) - tehown-deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea, water making a noise, a great quantity of waters and wave.
Here we have a picture of chaos.  This is a situation without God.   An earth that has no form, it is chaos.  It's dark, filled with misery, death and wickedness.  There are a lot of waters, which are noisy.  It goes to the deep places, all the way to the abyss.
This is a scenario begging for help from God.   I find it interesting that this is how our lives can become.  When we make decisions based on our own ideas, or the "advice" of others.  When we do what we think is best in our own eyes, we may find ourselves in the deep darkness.  When we call upon the name of the Lord, He can move on our behalf.
It's my opinion that something happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.  I don't know what, but I think that what God creates is good.   Something happened that took what was good and made it chaotic, wicked and full of death.  The second half of the verse is full of good news.

Forgetting:  The wilderness of my life in the past.
Remembering:  God has so much planned for me. 
Read Jeremiah 9