God –
We are placed in the garden for tilling and keeping.
A garden that holds the knowledge of good and evil. A garden that opens our eyes to our vulnerability. A garden that breaks our innocence.
A garden full of goodness, delight, and wisdom that beckons us to take and eat and share.
Be with us as we grow up in this garden – as we learn about our frailty and sin…as we respond to our naked humanity.
Amen.
(The First Sunday in Lent is February 26.)