Comments on: worn and lovely

By: fresca

fresca — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:11:19 +0000

I was amazed when I finally read Genesis:
“The woman saw the tree was… to be desired to make one wise.”

It seems to me that unlike the way I’d always heard it spun, Eve is the HERO of the story!
She is like Buddha or Jesus– seeking to be aware and awake, not trapped in a sleep state by some potentate who wants obedience to the letter of the law, not life abundant through the spirit.

Not sure that’s exactly what you were getting at, but it’s what came to mind…
Good things to think on.

By: jodi

jodi — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:41:39 +0000

I think I spent too much time in dentist offices back when I was a kid. The Children’s Bible always fascinated me with the Tower of Babel in lurid technicolor and–hey! I remember that picture with Eve strategically covered by the vine. :)

By: Deanna

Deanna — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:24:13 +0000

With you, Deb, on the King James illustrations. Thanks for reading.

Yay, Cherie, for good works in the bathroom. :o)

Beth, I’d love to read the post, but I don’t see the link. I’ll take a look over at the Sugar Shack and see if I can find it. Thanks!

By: Beth W.

Beth W. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:09:09 +0000

Fantastic, Deanna. I put the “sugar shack” website link here. The post I wrote a little while ago somehow makes me think you and I are sometimes living in the same head. Very different words, but a bit of the antiphonal choir here. I love your Morgan Freeman voice. That was perfect.

“I’m supposed to see, I’m thinking, the source of my aching, yearning, and churning. The reality.” Wow.

By: Cherie

Cherie — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:06:49 +0000

Amazing the insights one gathers when cleaning the bathroom. Some of my most enlightened moments are in there, on my knees, doing a job no one else around here will do.

Good for the soul – like your post here.

By: deb

deb — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:04:22 +0000

a good prayer for our days… thanks.
and those old King James bible pictures were terrifying.