Genesis 1:2 begins with a profoundly sad state of things. It shows the world, but I think that for many of us who have “deconstructed” and felt broken off from heaven, we feel like the earth that’s shown in this verse.
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Genesis 1:2 (NIV)
But God is there. And the next verse is blessed hope.