Harmony
As our author spins out his description of boundless freedom and happiness in the jungle of Eden, I have to wonder... if it was that great, why did it end? This is roughly the same question I asked at the end of the first chapter about God. if ultimate power and perfection and unity were so wonderful, what did God need to change?
People are always claiming that it is the journey, not the destination that is important. Yet the promise of the destination is what usually keeps us journeying on. Maybe God just enjoys journeys. His, ours, even the dark one's.
People are always claiming that it is the journey, not the destination that is important. Yet the promise of the destination is what usually keeps us journeying on. Maybe God just enjoys journeys. His, ours, even the dark one's.
posted by Claire Joy at
4:45 PM
3 Comments:
If you live outside of the concept of time but everything else lives INSIDE the concept of time (us, the planets, the universe, etc...) then yes, I think the journey IS the deal. Moving forward (in time) IS a journey. Can you move forward (even in time) and NOT consider it a journey? (Okay, now I'm even confusing myself!)
Even when we reach the final destination, the journey will still continue - it will just be different scenery and a different objective. But as long as things keep rolling, the journey will continue...
Right? No? What??? :-)
By
HeyJules, at 4:07 PM
It ended because of the choice Adam and Eve made. Period. That altered everything. And, God had to kick them out of the garden so they wouldn't eat the tree of life once they ate the tree of knowledge.
By
Pilot Mom, at 6:22 PM
I agree that, of course, it ended because of Adam and Eve's sin. And the result of originial sin is passed to us.
But I believe the journey is important as well. The journey is the process of sanctification, which lasts our whole life.
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Anonymous, at 9:17 AM
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