God is uncreated, eternal. He created us to fellowship with us, to share his glory with us, to love us. Not because he needed to, but because he wanted to. He gave us free will so that we could choose to love him. I believe that the creation account in Genesis is written poetically while still conveying literal truth. God created the universe and the earth. The first forms of life were plants and then water creatures, then land animals, and finally he created man out of the dust of the earth. He breathed life into him and he became a living soul.