I did not know what was in the play...yet, I was intrigued by the title...
My imagination was carried far back to the past...when the world was not as crowded, chaotic, violent, polluted and complicated as the present...
...when the world was like...a garden...
In this garden, there were many many kinds of animals, trees, plants...fruits... Everything was so delightful, colorful, beautiful, peaceful...nothing short of being...magnificent...
The garden was tended by two gardeners...a man...and a woman...They lived freely and joyfully, enjoying all the good things that the Owner of the garden had provided...
There was only but one rule...a rule defined by the Owner...a rule that would change the gardeners' lives and their offspring...forever...
The rule said:
...of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat...but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it...for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
בראשית 2:16-17
Fast forward thousands of years later...the gardeners failed to keep the rule. They were banished from the garden...had to toil for their lives...and likewise...their offspring...I could not help but ask...what was that tree for? I mean, as a father...I would not purposely put a knife in front of my child and tell him not to touch it...cause I knew he would and he would hurt himself as a result...
If only that tree was not there...there would not be birth pangs...wars...diseases...divorces...poverty...
If only that snake was not there...
If only that fruit suddenly disappeared...
If only the Owner stepped forward right in time...
If only...
Some people theorize about tests, free will, faith, etc...which I do not find satisfying...
So what I can only do is trying to find the Owner and ask Him...
Man: Mr Garden Owner?
Garden Owner: Yes?
M: I wonder what that tree was doing there?
GO: Huh??
M: If You did not wish the gardeners to have anything to do with that tree...why did You cause that tree to grow? Why did You not tell Your gardeners to cut it down? Or You could call some worms to wither it...there were so many ways to get rid of that tree...
GO: I see...
M: Also that snake...I mean...was it not very easy for You to grab its neck...twist it and silence it forever...
GO: Hmmm...
M: And...and...one more thing...You could have suddenly stepped in...smack your gardeners a little bit to wake them up...and still I really love the idea of You twisting the snake's neck...
GO: ...
M: Do You not have anything to say?
GO: There is only one answer I could give to you...
M: And that is?
GO: ...so that the greatest story of all could be told...
M: Huh...???
GO: Yes...!!!
(selah)
Mr Garden Owner...aka Master of the Universe...aka Master Designer...aka Master Storyteller...aka Master of Dreams...aka Master of Destinies...
Who has designed a story that would captivate all dreams and influence all destinies. A story about the loving relationship between Father and Son...broken for reasons beyond wildest imaginations...(read my september entry... The Power of Love - For The First Time in Eternity...)
If it were not for that tree...this story would not come to pass...
It began from a tree...it ended on a tree...
And if we would still ask why...it would show our ignorance of the story...
And so the story shall be retold...over and over again...from generations to generations...in ever increasing glory...healing nations by nations...leading peoples by peoples...
to the tree of life...
...I love You because I love You...
1 comment:
Thanks :).. I love ur dialogue with the Owner of the Garden.
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