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The Ultimate Ripple Effect: From Cursed Adam to Blessed Earth

The Ultimate Ripple Effect: From Cursed Adam to Blessed Earth

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When I read Genesis for the first time years ago, the words of Adam’s curse seemed incomprehensible to me:

“Cursed is the earth on your account.”

“Why should the whole creation suffer because of one man?” I thought.

Years later, I see that there is an inextricable connection between a person’s inner and outer worlds. As within, so without. The words of t…

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