They [Adam and Eve] wanted, as we say, to “call their souls their own.” But that means to live a lie, for our souls are not, in fact, our own. They wanted some corner in the universe of which they could say to God, “This is our business, not yours.” But there is no such corner. They wanted to be nouns, but they were, and eternally must be, mere adjectives.
From The Problem of Pain
Compiled in Words to Live By
Compiled in Words to Live By
The Problem of Pain. Copyright © 1940, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Copyright restored © 1996 by C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers.Words to Live By: A Guide for the Merely Christian. Copyright © 2007 by C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
They, like we, fell victim to the illusion of separation from God (sin). There is no separation from God, or each other, only the illusion of separation. Even death itself does truly separate us from each other; it only appears so to our limited sensory perception.
When we fully understand this and give our “selves” to God, we are simply acknowledging the Father that created us. Then we are able to live in communion with God and each other. That is living in Eden here and now. It is also shaping and developing our heaven above.
Depending on God,
Z gardener
Author’s note: One of our gardeners has taken his heavenly throne. Please keep his family in your prayers. Z.
Good Morning Garden 
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