3. Paradise

It was already noon and Angela and her mum were enjoying their lunch under a towering tree by the river.

"How beautiful it is here, mum!"

"Our good God, Angela, made it all very beautiful, so that we humans are happy and never forget how much He loves us! That is why, every time you will admire His wonderful creation, say to Him "thank You my God". Our very good God rejoices when we thank Him for the gifts He gives us and blesses us even more." 

"It seems to me, my mum that I will continuously be saying, "I thank You my God," because I like them all so much!"

"It is very polite, my Angela, to tell our good God these wonderful words, "Thank You". These words show much respect and gratitude to our creator God, who loves us very much and benefits us every day with His liberally gifts."

"Did Adam say "thank You" to God for everything He gave him?"

"Yes, my daughter! When Adam opened his eyes and saw all this wonderful creation of our good God, his soul was flooded with great joy and admiration! He did not know what to admire first! It was all so beautiful! But, do you know what made his heart happier?"

"What, mum?"

"When he saw our good God! He was the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes, when God created him."

"Mum, I understand how happy he was, because I feel the same every time I'm near you and you hide me in your embrace!”

At these clever words of her little daughter, Sophia could not hide her joy and enthusiasm. She took her into her warm, motherly embrace and covered her with many kisses. Little Angela, however, did not stop asking her questions and wanting to learn more and more.

"Mum, did our good God, smile at Adam?"

"Yes, He smiled at him sweetly like a sweet mummy at her baby, and filled his heart with a lot of joy, peace and happiness."

"I can imagine how happy Adam would have been!"

"My Angela, Adam was the happiest being in the world, because he was the only creation into which God blew His divine Breath and gave him the most wonderful gifts of the "Holy Spirit!"

"What are these gifts, mum?"

“He gave him a "mind" to think and "speech" to communicate with his Creator. He also gave him a "spirit" to feel, to love and to worship our good God with all the power of his heart. Along with these gifts, He also gave man the absolute freedom to decide for himself about everything. This has made man very much like his Creator and to be an image of God! In this way, God wanted to tell all of us humans, that we are "His own children" and that He is for us the true "Father" and "Mother" of our soul. He would take care of our food and our home!"

"Where did Adam live, mum? Did he have a beautiful house like ours?"

"When God created Adam, He put him in a very beautiful place to live, Paradise. Paradise was a beautiful garden full of colourful flowers and all kinds of trees, with innumerable birds singing on their branches. Many rivers were crossing this vast garden and were watering it with their cool waters. Small and large animals were quietly grazing everywhere and playing with Adam as friends."

"How much I would have liked to be with Adam in Paradise, to play with the animals!"

"Adam was happy in Paradise and was thanking God for it. He had, however, something that saddened him very much."

"What was making him sad?"

"He did not have a companion, a human like him, to talk to. God had not yet created his wife."

"And how did the good God create his wife?"

"First God put him to sleep and then took a piece from one of his ribs and made his companion. So when Adam woke up and saw in front of him, the woman that God had given him, he was very pleased and called her Eve. Since then, Adam and Eve were living together happily in Paradise. And they would have always been happy if they did not make a very big mistake that would force our good God to send them out of Paradise.”

"What mistake did they make mum"

"Let's eat our food now and then I'll tell you immediately."