two daughters, the first so willful, the second so willing.
the first, she cursed us, the second, she blessed us.
the second was the great-great-granddaughter of the first.
the first spawned a murderer, who killed his own brother?!
the second bore the Redeemer, who died for all his brothers!
the first, hastily bit the bait, and her world turned dark.
the second humbly bowed, and the Light was revealed!
the foolish choice of the "mother of all living" brought darkness and death.
the humble submission of the mother of our Lord brought Light and Life!
The Father loves his daughters, no less than his sons?!
But, the Son brings light, and the darkness is undone!
two daughters, one chose the Liar, the other her Lord!
Generations are effected by the choices we make.
Hildegard of Bingen (d. 1179), German abbess, theologian, and poet. Art by Grace Remington (note the feet as Mary consoles Eve).
How great a miracle it is that the King entered a submissive woman’s form. God did this because humility rises above all things. And how great a bliss lies in this form, because the malice that flowed from a woman – a woman afterwards washed it away and founded every softest scent of virtues and made heaven more beautiful than previously she had disfigured earth.
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