The train traveling west from Washington runs along the Potomac River, sometimes south of it in West Virginia, sometimes north of it in Maryland. The scenery is often very beautiful, especially on some of the farms along the river bottom. Not long out of D.C. I leave my seat, grab my camera, and go to the observation car. I must seem curious to others as I move from side to side, depending on which side has the best views. The sun was near setting when it colored this field golden.
Paradise is the way Jesus describes his kingdom in one of the touching scenes in Luke's account of the Crucifixion (23:35-43.) One of the two criminals hanging on a cross beside him begs, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Jesus promises him, "This day you will be with me in Paradise."
We lost Paradise by our sinning. Harmony with God and nature and each other we fractured. By his suffering and death Jesus healed our brokenness and made us one again.
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