The name Eden means delight – and what is more delightful than the silver glint of a river coursing through a lush green garden? The Creation story in Genesis Chapter 2 describes such a river flowing through God’s 'Garden of Delights', a landscape of sheer perfection – visually beautiful, functional and richly instructive. Genesis tells us that Nature is not primary. God is. The garden and river come from a landscape artist who loves life, beauty, form, function, and, quite obviously, the people for whom the garden was designed.
Imagine this - God designed us all to live in Eden, and for Eden to live in us, with a river – God’s living spirit - flowing through us, a stream of joy and purpose, of love and creativity, a stream that keeps us alive-to-God and to the world around us.
