FINDING EDEN IN OUR TIMES

๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ

During our recent visit to Kamay ni Hesus Healing Church in Lucban, Quezon, we came across a beautiful, serene spot tucked within the pilgrimage site. A mini replica of the Garden of Eden, complete with the iconic figures of Adam and Eve.

Standing there, surrounded by greenery and quiet, I couldnโ€™t help but pause. It felt like a sweet reminder of the kind of life God originally designed for us: peaceful, pure, and in perfect harmony with Him.

I imagined how happy Adam and Eve must have been. Walking with God, free from the noise and weight of the world we know today.

But then, surely ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บโ€”๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ. Even in a world full of chaos, conflict, and uncertainty, His invitation to peace and joy still stands.

Of course, we can’t return to the Garden of Eden. But perhaps, we can carry a piece of it within usโ€”in our choices, in our faith, in the way we seek Him amidst the chaos.

It was as if God gave me a gentle whisper about life: ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž, ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’. ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ , ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก.

Evolve, reinvent, begin anew. The Garden of Eden held a promiseโ€”and maybe, if we choose to live in faith and love, that promise still lives on in us today.

โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐‘Ž๐˜ท๐‘’ ๐‘๐˜ฐ๐‘š๐˜ฆ ๐˜ตโ„Ž๐˜ข๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐˜ฉ๐‘’๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐‘Ž๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐‘Ž๐˜ท๐‘’ ๐‘™๐˜ช๐‘“๐˜ฆ, ๐‘Ž๐˜ฏ๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐˜ข๐‘ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐˜ฐ ๐˜ตโ„Ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐‘ข๐˜ญ๐‘™.โ€ ๐ฝ๐˜ฐโ„Ž๐˜ฏ 10:10