Figuratively speaking, first and once are synonymous. If you do it once or do it first is it the same ? While driving the other day I began to question the paradigm of this colloquialism.
You may wonder why does it matter. And I asked myself the same thing. But I became very curious to First, Once and I realized they are different. First is preceding all others in time, order or importance; whereas Once is in the past. Then I thought, got it. I have had First experiences, Once. Are you with me?
In the filters of life we all have had First experiences Once. Do you remember ? Think about the First day of school, it happened once. The First job you ever held, it happened Once. Or even your First ever new car, it too happened Once.
Then God, who ordained from the beginning starting with Genesis, created First, Once. “In the beginning God created the heaven and earth, and on the First day, said let there be light (we know the story) then He created the Firmament.” And continued until the earth was formed…. (Genesis 1: 1-31) His First, happened Once. All creation, that was crafted from the One who is the First, and the Last, happened Once. Think on that for a few minutes.
Now let’s pull it all together. Life presents all of us with the opportunity to explore, embrace, create and cultivate. Why not use everyday, every minute with First intent, as you only see yesterday, Once.
Toni Hollis - Empowers 