One + One = One [Part One]

Posted by GregQualls

October 16, 2006

Part One – The Great Disconnection

So where does the feeling of disconnection come from? How has it made into my bones? How has this disconnection grown to the point that it is a part of who I am?

As I previously stated, the initial disconnection started in a little place I like to call Eden (ok so everyone calls it Eden…but it just seemed to flow). Let’s take a little trip back to Genesis chapter two.

When you read through Genesis chapter two, you see that God has this extremely close relationship with man and woman (I would hope so…He created them). It shows that they were in the garden together. They both occupied the same space, but more than that they spent time together.

You also see that Adam and Even had an extremely close relationship (once again I would hope so…their like the first husband and wife and it doesn’t seem that anyone else is around at the time). There is this connection between all three. We even see between Adam and Eve that, “man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.” The connection is so great that they, “were both naked and were not ashamed.”

The idea is that there was nothing between Adam, Eve, and God. They had no shame…no disconnection. They were open, free, and connected…ONE.

Unfortunately the story doesn’t stop there. You know how it goes. There’s like this snake and a tree and some fruit. The man and woman get their grub on and the world is never the same again. It goes to say, “the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.” It also goes to say that they hid when God came.

What happened? Where did the connection go? Where there was once oneness…there is now disconnection, blame, shame and a bunch of other bad stuff.

The reality is that this great disconnection stems from the fact that there is/was a decision made to settle for something less. Some like to blame God for this disconnection…He created the tree. Some blame the snake.

The reality is that every day God offers me His best (He’s crazy about me..well everone for a matter of fact). But the fruit is always fruitier on the other side…or so it seems. Instead of trusting the One who loves me more than I love myself, I settle for something less. I exchange the great that He offers for the good, ok, bad, and horrible that everyone else (including myself) has to offer.

Therefore I am left with this disconnection. I chose to turn my back from God and what He has to offer and distance myself from Him. I disconnect myself just like Adam and Eve did back in Eden.

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