Softer Gaze
Look. Do you see them? You have to look into the pages.
There they are, the man and woman in the garden. But look
softer. See, they are children with grown up bones, little ones so fresh from God, a wide-eyed boy and girl who acted in accordance with the way children are created: to trust. So when the deceiver comes along we don’t hear an adult conversation but rather the ominous notes in the seminal scene of predator and prey – a child in harm’s way. Can you bear to watch the rape in the garden? Can you begin to understand the silence of Adam? Do you dare to ponder the wrath of God? We are too hard on our parents. We don’t know the half of it.
softer. See, they are children with grown up bones, little ones so fresh from God, a wide-eyed boy and girl who acted in accordance with the way children are created: to trust. So when the deceiver comes along we don’t hear an adult conversation but rather the ominous notes in the seminal scene of predator and prey – a child in harm’s way. Can you bear to watch the rape in the garden? Can you begin to understand the silence of Adam? Do you dare to ponder the wrath of God? We are too hard on our parents. We don’t know the half of it.
thank you.
Rain, I’m glad it stirred something.
You are on a roll… I hope you can hear us cheering you on. = )
Hi, Patricia. Thanks for the cheers!
Yes, Lewis’ Perelandra changed this whole view for me. So good.
Tonia, I haven’t read Perelandra…but maybe I’ll have to now.
there are so many mysteries so much hidden and not quite visible. beautiful as always. this makes me shudder.
Thank you, Elizabeth. Yes, so very much is hidden…
I never looked at it this way. Thank you. So beautiful. So worth reading and re-reading. Love seeing God’s beauty and word through your eyes.
Gretchen, its about the only way I can look at it these days. Thanks.
I’ve never commented (even though I believe I’ve read the full contents of this site) because I know I won’t be able to say the right things that will communicate the awe I have of your word-craft.
But, you deserve to know that I thank you for the moving words!
Hi, Nell. Thank you very much for your comment. I’m glad you found your way here!
I innocently stumble onto a blog, and here I am, weeping at work. This is beautiful. Thank you.
I’ve hit the sign me up button again in hopes that I will, once again, receive notification in my inbox of when you post these gems. Glory be, John. Goodness me.
This is beautiful… I have always found that the lens of compassion and empathy is a much safer, loving way to see the world. I have heard so many pastors be quick to hop on condemning Adam and Eve, but they were just children; and children have very little reason to distrust anyone. Thank you for this.
Do not become weary in doing good. This is so good.