It’s a well know fact that no one cares what anyone else did on vacation. A well know fact that everyone seems to forget right after they get done with their own. Hence, I swore I’d never make one of these, but I did.
So. There’s that.
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Sometimes I wonder how Adam’s life was after the garden. Part of me wants to understand how much things changed for him, but the other part never wants to know. We are born into imperfection and incompleteness, and we hope for the better things to come. But Adam? He had it. He had God there with him. And he lost it.
I wonder how he felt. Did he and God still talk afterward? Was he sad a lot? All the time? Hopeless? What was it like watch humanity spiral down so quickly? To witness the first murder, one son against another? How intense was that new pain?
I wonder if sometimes the weight of it all rushed over him, making him sick to the core with grief.
I used to think that people who could look at the beauty of the earth and still long for something more were ungrateful, but now I don’t. I remember one of our pastors once talking about looking at something beautiful and wanting more. Wanting to be a part of it somehow. I get that.
I love the beauty and happiness this world has to offer, but at the same time it’s empty. And although I’ll never get tired of traveling and visiting friends, I’ll never stop feeling the longing for more. For completeness. And loving that I feel that way.
Phil Wickham-Eden
Leah-
I LOVED your pictures! As I looked at the pictures of the Beehive, I was trying to figure out what we were thinking when we took our kids. I think Zack was 5! I hear the Adirondacks need to replace Davidson River next year??
Haha! What WERE you thinking?? And yes, the Adirondacks are the next big thing. I mean, it’s only a short (13 hr) cruise up the highway.