{"id":19126,"date":"2026-01-05T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/?p=19126"},"modified":"2026-01-03T09:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:34:31","slug":"monday-meditations-a-new-series-by-cochair-rev-leonora-wassell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/monday-meditations-a-new-series-by-cochair-rev-leonora-wassell\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Meditations – A new series by CoChair Rev Leonora Wassell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each Monday Leonora will post a new meditation.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Part 1 – Beginnings & Brokenness\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Eve \u2013 Grace at the Beginning<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scripture Focus: Genesis 1\u20133; Genesis 3:21<\/p>\n

Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eve was created in a world that had never known pain, fear, shame, or sorrow. She opened her eyes in perfection and walked daily in the presence of God. She was not born into brokenness\u2014she was born into beauty. And yet, even in paradise, the human heart was given the power to choose.<\/p>\n

The serpent did not come with force. He came with questions. He sowed doubt about God\u2019s goodness and planted suspicion where there had only been trust. Eve\u2019s fall reminds us that temptation often enters quietly, clothed in reason and curiosity rather than rebellion.<\/p>\n

When Eve ate the fruit, the first thing she felt was not power\u2014it was shame. Her eyes were opened, but not in the way she expected. Fear entered where peace once ruled. Hiding replaced intimacy. Guilt replaced innocence. And yet\u2014this is the heart of the story\u2014God came looking for her.<\/p>\n

He did not come to destroy her. He did not come to abandon her. He came to restore her.<\/p>\n

Before Eve ever asked for forgiveness, God began the work of redemption. He spoke promise over her future. He protected her from permanent destruction. And He clothed her with garments of skin\u2014covering her shame with his own provision. This was the first act of redemption in Scripture. Blood was shed, not for punishment alone, but for covering. Even in the garden, the shadow of the Cross was already forming.<\/p>\n

Eve teaches us that failure is not the end of the story when God is still writing. Though she fell first, she also became the mother of all the living. Though her mistake affected all humanity, God still trusted her with purpose. Redemption did not erase her calling\u2014it redeemed it.<\/p>\n

We often see Eve only through the lens of her failure. But God saw her through the lens of destiny. And He sees us the same way.<\/p>\n

Every person carries moments of regret\u2014choices we wish we could undo, words we wish we could take back, paths we wish we had never walked. Like Eve, we may try to hide behind fig leaves of excuses, pride, or self-condemnation. But God still comes walking in the garden of our hearts, calling our name. Not to shame us. But to restore us. Grace always has the final word.<\/p>\n

Eve\u2019s story reminds us that God\u2019s mercy is older than our mistakes, and his purpose is stronger than our failure. What the enemy means to mark you forever, God uses as the very place where redemption begins. You are not disqualified because you fell. You are not forgotten because you failed. You are not unloved because you struggled. You are still called. You are still chosen. You are still covered. And just as Eve stepped out of the garden into a broken world carried by God\u2019s mercy, we step forward into each new day wrapped in that same grace.<\/p>\n

Reflection Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n