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DAILY DEVOTIONS:
Feb
16
‘Past, Present, Future’
The LORD God therefore banished him from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he had been taken. When he expelled the man, he settled him east of the garden of Eden; and he stationed the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword, to guard the way to the tree of life.
- Genesis 3:23-24
Scientific studies are revealing how trauma experienced by our parents and grandparents are passed down to us through our DNA. There is evidence that stress our grandparents experienced may affect our own gene expression. I can’t help but wonder if science is just beginning to understand what the writers of Scripture recognized and what our tradition calls “original sin.” Our individual capacities can be impacted by the experiences and choices of our ancestors. We’ve all been cast from the garden. But we also know, as Christians, that Christ came to free us from the bondage of sin. We may bear the consequences of the past in our being, but we also bear the possibility of salvation. - Jessica Mesman Griffith