“In the aftermath of Gethsemane, we catch the fragrance of Eden”
Alister E. McGrath
excerpt from In Light of Victory
(the beginning of the hydrangea / Julie Cook / 2016)
Not all things that bloom have a scent…
And some blooming plants and flowers actually have a repugnant smell.
Yet I think we may safely surmise that Eden, the birth place of all gardens, had what can only be imagined to be the most heavenly of scents.
An endless cascading array of flowers and blooms, given by the Creator to the created…
All to be savored and enjoyed…
Just as a Lover would shower his beloved with abundant bouquets of beautiful flowers…
equal only to the beauty of the one who holds his affections…so God bestowed upon man…
Yet the story does not end with the gift of the fragrant bouquet…
“Jesus was betrayed within the garden of Gethsemane, in order to undo the disobedience of human nature within the garden of Eden.
Alister E. McGrath
In Light of Victory
How appropriate that as it was a garden, which was the scene of the greatest blow to humankind, should in turn be the scene to the beginning of the greatest act of Love ever extended to humankind.
And so…
He comes once again…
bringing you the fragrant scent of the saving grace of Love Divine…
For we are a fragrance of Christ to God
among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing
2 Corinthians 2:15
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