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Chapter Sixteen<br />

Toge<strong>the</strong>r we walked al<strong>on</strong>g a lovely pathway in a garden<br />

of exquisite beauty. Flowers with <strong>the</strong> most delicate forms<br />

blended <strong>the</strong>ir exotic scents to perfume <strong>the</strong> air with an ever so<br />

subtle fragrance. Surely, I thought, Eden must have looked<br />

like this. Birds with brilliant-colored plumes sang while painted<br />

butterflies danced in fluttering pirouettes creating a rainbow of<br />

colors.<br />

We crossed a nearby clearing into <strong>the</strong> midst of a garden<br />

party. The tables and chairs were neatly arranged beneath<br />

<strong>the</strong> tangle of outstretched branches, which served as a<br />

sheltering canopy. The comforting sounds of talking and<br />

laughter rang out all around us. As we approached a table <strong>on</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> far side of <strong>the</strong> clearing, a stillness fell over <strong>the</strong> crowd. A<br />

closer look indicated that <strong>the</strong>re was but <strong>on</strong>e pers<strong>on</strong> sitting at<br />

that table. That pers<strong>on</strong> was God, appearing just as I had seen<br />

Him in <strong>the</strong> Big City. “Hello, Lord, What are you doing sitting all<br />

al<strong>on</strong>e?” I asked.<br />

“Sometimes it gets l<strong>on</strong>ely being God. Please sit,” He<br />

said gesturing in our directi<strong>on</strong>. We pulled up chairs and joined<br />

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