PLEASING AND DESIRABLE

PRAYER MOMENT Friday 13 February 2015 PLEASING AND DESIRABLE Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within. Reading: “The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was desirable for the knowledge it could give.” (Genesis 3:1-8) Reflection. After describing the beauty of creation the author of Genesis had a problem. What went wrong? Why did we end up in the mess we are in? He gives a simple answer. The woman and the man were not satisfied with all they had been given. They wanted more. And the more they wanted was going to infringe on the order and beauty that God had established. They wanted to tear up God’s plan. Well, God had given them freedom so if this was how they were going to use their freedom they were going to have struggle a great deal to fulfil his plan for them. Yet, despite the disaster that followed, God would not only reinstate them but raise them to life with himself. Prayer. Lord, we fell short of the glory you first planned for us. But now you have raised us in Jesus. Give us immense confidence in the face of the obstacles we meet. Amen. David Harold-Barry SJ