Genesis Two - Unashamed

"And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed."

Genesis 2:25

Adam and Eve were unashamed. They were at their most vulnerable stage: Adam immediately after being torn to be made a helpful companion-to be whole again, with her; Eve being made intentionally to connect with someone the moment her heart started beating. I can only imagine the first things she experienced- being enveloped in God's glory, and the first thing she hears- being poetry from someone that is indeed her "other half." Both naked, fragile and made with and for God's joy and glory. How amazing that must have felt. To be so loved, to be so unashamed and unafraid of the one who gives them their very breath to speak, to hear, to love one another in the most pure and beautiful way.

The creation story is always such an incredible thing to behold. I remember reading it as a child, and it being so confusing yet I loved it. It was fantastic and that fantastical history was a part of life and a part of my own being. It gave me a sense of connection to the one who created me, my roots. Of course at the time I was still clueless of the gospel and everything else surrounding it but all I remembered learning was that Jesus, this being named Jesus gave up something precious to vulnerably love a child like me, and this creation story was where it all apparently started. It was me, all about me, me, me. Oh, how evident that is to see looking back that I was a wretched sinner from the start! and of course I was for we are all sinners being "conceived in sin" as it says in the Psalms, so my sinfulness grew from my misunderstanding (ignorance if you will call it that) of what Christianity truly is. As I grew I gave into my selfish desires and I decided to quench them. All the sin and all my transgressions, I brought it upon myself... How foolish I was.. how imperfect I still am...

Oh this wretched heart of stone, how I pray that you melt before the Almighty daily, so that you may be cleansed and at the end of the race be unashamed- being covered in the blood of the Lamb, and loved by the One who deserves all the glory and honor always and always.