"Paradise Lost" © Amy Beth Augustin Barlow 2004

We stained our hearts with the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Something enigmatic happened. Evil was loose. My mind is to simple to comprehend what all this means, if it's symbolic, literal or a reference to deeper things. But I do know that perfection was suspended...but not forever. Did you realize that there were two trees in the middle of the garden? Only one was sampled. The other was surrounded by an angel to keep humankind away. But someday...on God's time, His children will eat of the Tree of Life. We will leave our ache and the scales of this prison of sin will fall off our weary souls. Finally we will be filled and we will live. (Genesis 3:21-24)