Chapter ThreeMoving Out continued
Inspired by Genesis 3
They wondered if God had come looking for them, and they were afraid to show themselves.
What they saw in the starlight, though, seemed to be a woman, much like themselves. The couple had never seen any woman or man beside themselves. They were curious, but afraid to move closer.
The old woman (what is old?) came straight toward them as though she knew exactly where to find them. "Adam," she called, "Eve." The beautiful young woman (was she young?) spoke their names and somehow they knew her to be Divine Wisdom then. At least, they knew that the woman was from God and that she spoke with the love of God in her voice. "I am Hokmah, Sophia, the Wisdom Woman."
"Now that you have chosen it, you know there can be evil for you." Evil, they thought. I get it. A strange new (sad) knowledge was theirs, born of their own dis-ease and the word of Lady Wisdom.
"Now that you have chosen it," said Sophia, choking on her own sorrow, "you know that evil is always and has always been possible for you. Now that you have chosen it once, it will be much too easy for you and your children-to-come (children?) to choose evil again and again. The feelings you now feel, the dis-ease that grows inside you, is also called sin. Choosing what you know God does not desire will always bring the pain you feel now. Where there is goodness and freedom, there must always be the potential for sin and sorrow."
At her words, Adam and Eve knew fear.
