A Tulip Garden (Genesis 2:15)

My friend was reminiscing about a special memory when he was a medical student in Pittsburgh. The preceding winter had been particularly cold and long and this was the first warm Spring day. Everyone was celebrating the warm weather. My friend stole away some time between his classes to sit on a bench in the middle of a beautiful garden. Sitting there with the sun illuminating the beautiful colors of the garden, replete with tulips displaying vibrant colors, he fondly reminisced that it was one of the best memories of his life. He described it in such breathy detail that I felt myself being transported to that same park bench.

Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.

Genesis 2:15 (NKJV)

God created the garden of Eden; it was the setting for the first home and first family. It was paradise on earth, the way God intended life to be. Sin destroyed this perfect garden but we all have a longing to return to this garden. The joy that my friend experienced in that tulip garden on that beautiful spring day is a reminder of what God has placed within each of our hearts. The garden of Eden waits for us and beckons to us.

In our lifetimes, we will never be able to return to the garden of Eden. But we can see it someday if we confess and repent of our sins to God and accept His Son, Jesus Christ, as our Lord and Savior. The moment we do, we will become a new creation, an adopted son of God, the Father. When we die and pass into His presence, we will be in paradise. The longing of our hearts will be fulfilled. We will return to the garden of Eden!

I am looking forward to that glorious day!

Love and trust the Lord; seek His will in your life.