After the Garden...

Sunday, January 2, 2011
Genesis 3: At that moment, their eyes were opened and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.



And so it begins. Sin + Conviction = (Repentence and Rest) or (Self-Sufficient Striving). The choice faces me daily and is a temptation common to all.

Neil Young’s “After the Garden” ends with this age-old deception of futile effort … Sounds good… Seems right to a man… but in the end, it leads to death.

"After The Garden"

...What will people do? After the garden is gone
What will people say? After the garden

Won't need no strong man
Walkin' through the night
To live a weak man's day
Won't need no sunshine
Won't need no purple haze

After the garden is gone. After the garden is gone
After the garden is gone, Where will people go?

After the garden is gone, What will people know?
After the garden. After the garden is gone
After the garden is gone

(We live in the garden of Eden, yeah
Don't know why we wanna tear the whole thing to the ground
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden)

For Today, I will live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for 12 hours that would appall me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.