Wow. That is the first word that comes to mind when thinking of this beautifully woven tale by Wm. Paul Young. Eve is a story of creation, from Eve's POV (point of view) but it is also a story of redemption and healing. In the story we meet Lilly, a young woman who is physically, mentally and spiritually broken. Lilly is transported to a world that she is unsure of. It a dimension between plains; and while she is there she is meant by a cast of friendly and caring characters. Their only concern is to heal her and to help her on her path as a witness. A witness to creation that is. So as the story unfolds, we meet Eve. The mother of all creation, the wife of Adam. Eve is presented as a caring mother and also a woman in love. She is the mother of all those she interacts with but she takes a quick liking to Lilly. Trying her best to help her heal mentally and spiritually, she does this by insisting that Lilly see herself in a different light. She tells Lilly that she is loved, wanted and cared for. Not only by Eve but also by Adonai (God in hebrew). Throughout the story Adonai is ever present; he is with Adam every time Lilly and Eve visit Eden. In fact, though Lilly and Eve's presence is not felt by Adam, Adonai knows they are there. Eve continuously tells Lilly that Adonai is fond of her, that he choose her to be a witness because of her flaws. However, Lilly, falls to her own doubts. She does not go to Adonai, even though she feels the pull.
What I found astounding was that Young beautifully writes about how free will factored into the creation story. He teaches us that Adam and Eve both had free will. Adam had decided to turn from God the moment he begun to feel that God could not fulfill him; and Eve turned because she did not want to leave Adam on his own outside of Eden's gates. And Lilly, used her freewill to never turn to Adonai; not until she was ready. The entire time that I read this Adonai continuously tells his children "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Deut. 31:6"). The moral of the story, in my opinion, is that God is always pursuing his children. No matter what the situation is like, no matter what your life is like, and no matter what your mistakes are God can and will use you. In fact, he seems to love to use those that are the most flawed. God sees the beauty in our messes and imperfections.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone; and like The Shack (Young's first book) I think this will go on the long list of books that I give as gifts. I gave this book 5/5 stars on Goodreads.com
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