Mini-Reflection for January 18, 2021
This week in our online reflections, we think about the story of Adam and Eve.
Read Genesis 2:4 and chapter 3
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%2C+3&version=GNT
The story of Adam and Eve are often tied in with month of September during the season of Creation. We read about a beautiful garden, of the creation of man, and the creation of woman. We also read about the snake and how they lied to God.
Today, let’s think about the beautiful garden and the beautiful creation of humans. My favourite part of this is when God took some soil from the ground and breathed life into it and boom… there was man. The imagery is unimaginable and yet beautiful. And God recognized that one person should not live alone and tried and tried to create a perfect companion, but human’s companion wouldn’t be the birds and the animals. And so, God took a rib from Adam and formed another human being, a woman (I like to say “woah ma’am” when I retell this to children).
There are days where I long for a euphoric image of this beautiful garden and the harmony of humanity. Where we take care of each other, the land, the animals, without discourse. And then I wonder if it could ever be a reality. Our world includes such diverse thoughts and opinions, trusts and mis-trusts, egos and agendas.
So today I wonder… if we took one small step toward that kind of harmonious world, what might the first step look like? What needs to change? What do we need to do? Share your thoughts!
I thought I would take you back… to a time before my birth, and share a song some of you will remember: “Adam and Eve” by Paul Anka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC5PZAvXqqc
A prayer for your day:
God of beauty and delight, thank you for creating humanity in your likeness. Thank you for providing us with all that we need, and for trusting in us to care for all of creation. Help us to hear you calling us in this time to be in this time and how to make the world a more harmonious place. Gift us with creativity, ingenuity, and an eagerness to risk asking questions and trying things out. Bless us this day and all the days to come. Amen.
This week in our online reflections, we think about the story of Adam and Eve.
Read Genesis 2:4 and chapter 3
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%2C+3&version=GNT
The story of Adam and Eve are often tied in with month of September during the season of Creation. We read about a beautiful garden, of the creation of man, and the creation of woman. We also read about the snake and how they lied to God.
Today, let’s think about the beautiful garden and the beautiful creation of humans. My favourite part of this is when God took some soil from the ground and breathed life into it and boom… there was man. The imagery is unimaginable and yet beautiful. And God recognized that one person should not live alone and tried and tried to create a perfect companion, but human’s companion wouldn’t be the birds and the animals. And so, God took a rib from Adam and formed another human being, a woman (I like to say “woah ma’am” when I retell this to children).
There are days where I long for a euphoric image of this beautiful garden and the harmony of humanity. Where we take care of each other, the land, the animals, without discourse. And then I wonder if it could ever be a reality. Our world includes such diverse thoughts and opinions, trusts and mis-trusts, egos and agendas.
So today I wonder… if we took one small step toward that kind of harmonious world, what might the first step look like? What needs to change? What do we need to do? Share your thoughts!
I thought I would take you back… to a time before my birth, and share a song some of you will remember: “Adam and Eve” by Paul Anka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC5PZAvXqqc
A prayer for your day:
God of beauty and delight, thank you for creating humanity in your likeness. Thank you for providing us with all that we need, and for trusting in us to care for all of creation. Help us to hear you calling us in this time to be in this time and how to make the world a more harmonious place. Gift us with creativity, ingenuity, and an eagerness to risk asking questions and trying things out. Bless us this day and all the days to come. Amen.