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If you have read Genesis in the Bible, you know there are four rivers that watered the Garden of Eden. Today, I want to talk about the third river, which is the Hiddekel River. I can just imagine seeing that river flowing rapidly out of the Garden of Eden. Just picture four rivers flowing at the same time watering the garden that God created. Reading that passage made me wonder if there were other things in those rivers, such as fish, and other things that live in the river.

God does amazing things. He does things that we don’t always understand, but there are reasons why God does what He does. He needed the Garden of Eden to be watered and taken care of, so He created Adam to take care of it. He didn’t want Adam to be alone, so He created Eve to help him.

Anytime a garden has been planted, it needs cultivating, it can’t stay neat on its own. It can’t water itself. There has to be someone to do it. There has to be someone who will take care of it, and make sure things are growing right. Well, This is one of the four rivers that God created to water the Garden.

Now, I have searched the web to see what I could find out about the Hiddekel River, and this is what I found out:

Hiddekel-The Hiddekel (Heb. Chiddeael. Persian:) was one of four rivers that flowed from the region of the Garden of Eden. This is also known as the Tigris. It is said to have been the one that ran towards the East of Assyria (Asshur). It branched off from a mighty river that came “Out of ” the Garden.

This may be a lot of information to take in, but this is what I found. I will now be able to understand more about this river when I read about it in Genesis, the second chapter. When reading this chapter, you can see that there’s a lot going on at one time. You can see that God is putting everything in order so that things will flow properly. When we go about our day things don’t always flow properly how we would want them to. This is when we turn to God and ask Him to put things in order for us so things will make sense in our life. Like rivers running, so are we. Life is about facing challenges that we have to rely on God to help us through those challenges. Like Adam, he couldn’t do it all by himself, but his wife, Eve, wasn’t really so helpful in my opinion. While Adam was doing what he was supposed to be doing, Eve was talking with the serpent when she should have been helping her husband in the garden. From what I can see, Eve was easily distracted. She wasn’t focused on what was important. The question is this: Do we always focus on what’s important, or are we easily distracted like Eve?

The Meaning of Hiddekel-The Universal generative fluid, rapid stream, rapid spiritual influx. The River Hiddekel symbolizes the spiritual nerve fluid that God is propelling throughout man’s whole being continually, as the electromagnetic center of every physically expressed atom.

The Hiddekel River is the third River and flows East of Assyria.

Tigris-A long river in Western Asia that was one of the two great rivers of the ancient region of Mesopotamia: Between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers is the area believed to be the biblical site of the Garden of Eden.

It would be a blessing if we could actually know where the Garden of Eden really is. I would love to see where God created everything before we were born, where our grandparents were created. Every flower, plant, tree, and animal was created there; everything that we see today was created there. They had it all, but because of disobedience, they lost it all. The rivers are still running as God created them to do. In my opinion, the tree is still being guarded spiritually, maybe this is why God doesn’t really want us to know where the garden really is. Yes, we can look on maps, and do searches all day long, but will it ever be found?

No matter what I talk about concerning something in Genesis, Adam and Eve will always be mentioned. Life and everything began there. How can I not mention them? How can I not mention God? How can I not mention the serpent? I know that Moses is the author of Genesis, but how could he have known all of this to write this amazing story about the creation of the world? Was this story passed down to him from his parents, because he had to be told in order to write the story? Did God give him the insight to write the creation story? I have always wanted to know if Moses knew what to write, and how everything was put in order.

This really has me thinking. How can someone know what to write if they were not born when the heavens and the earth were created? Don’t get me wrong, I am not questioning God, but I just don’t see how Moses could have written about the creation of the world when he wasn’t born. I am literally going back in my mind biblically to try to make this make sense. I am torn. I only know what I have read and learned, but I have never heard anyone speak of how Moses wrote the creation story. I have never heard anyone say that the story was passed down to him from one of his ancestors. Now, I am going to have to do more research on the creation story. I literally have lots of questions that I need answers to.

I can understand the New Testament being written because the disciples were with Jesus when things were taking place. I know that God talked to them with His voice when He wanted to. I am now wondering did He tell Moses to write the creation story so everyone would know who created the world and everything in it. I know that He spoke to Noah and told him to build the Ark because He was going to destroy everything in a flood because of sin. He started everything over through Noah and his family. We know that Moses was with God when He wrote the Ten Commandments, but where was Moses when things were being created? One could think that God may have told Moses about creation when he was on the mountain getting ready to receive the Ten Commandments. It could have been the first time or the second time when God had to rewrite the Ten Commandments when Moses broke the first tablets when he saw what they were doing when he got them and came down. Moses was up there with God for a very long time. Moses knew things that no one else knew, not even his brother, Aaron. That is what I believe. How can one not know a lot when they have spent days and hours with their creator?

Moses heard God’s voice and remembered what he heard and wrote the Torah. God answered me in His own way. Now I understand how the Creation Story was written. Now, I can tell my grandchildren someday. I hope you enjoy the information I have shared. Feel free to leave your comments in the comment section. What you see in bold is what I found on the web. What you see written plainly are my own thoughts. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers. I know it is tomorrow, but I am saying it early just in case I get distracted by my studies. As always thank you for joining me on my journey with Food for the Soul.

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Affirmations
110 Law of Attraction Affirmations For Your Dream Life
In this post, you will find 110 law of attraction affirmations in the areas of money, success, love, and gratitude.

According to Verywell Mind, the law of attraction is a philosophy suggesting that positive thoughts bring positive results into a person’s life, while negative thoughts bring negative outcomes.

It is based on the belief that thoughts are a form of energy and that positive energy attracts success in all areas of life, including health, finances, and relationships.

The post is divided into 5 sections:

Law of Attraction Affirmations
Law of Attraction Affirmations for Money
Law of Attraction Affirmations for Love
Law of Attraction Affirmations for Success
Law of Attraction Affirmations for Gratitude

110 Law of Attraction Affirmations For Your Dream Life

Wisdom & Self-help Tips
The Ultimate Guide to Finding Happiness Alone
A few days back I was talking to my best friend Rain and she was telling me about a problem she’s been facing for several years now – she doesn’t know how to find happiness alone.

She told me how it makes her rely on her boyfriend for happiness, and it’s really something that is troubling her. I’m sure that all of us have at some point in our lives been how Rain is.

We could’ve come out of a relationship that left us clueless about how to enjoy being alone. Or, we’re not with anyone and not sure how to be happy single, thinking that going into a relationship might solve the problem.

It’s a real struggle and I want you to know that it’s okay that you feel this way. There is nothing wrong with you.

Learning to be alone and happily so is not an innate skill in a lot of us, which is okay. We can learn and develop it over time.

Here are my tips for you on how you can find happiness alone:

Lower expectations
Reduce screen time
Discover interests
Understand yourself
Express gratitude
Be patient
Prioritize mental health

The Ultimate Guide to Finding Happiness Alone

Inspirational Stories of Gratitude
Gary’s story – The Network of Gratitude
“I was not in a great space. And, at least for me when I get really depressed, nothing is great. The weather, my family, my friends, my career, the food, everything is not great.

And I even went to a therapist, and it didn’t really seem like that helped me either. Getting to the root cause still made me sad. And so one day I was on YouTube and I heard Tony Robbins say, “You have to be grateful.”

And I was like, What is gratitude? Who cares about gratitude?…”

Here’s Gary’s full story:

Gary’s story – The Network of Gratitude
I’ll see you next Monday!

With Gratitude,
Aarushi

I hope you find beautiful moments in life every day 🙂

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Affirmations
105 Healing Affirmations for Blissful Well-Being
In this post, you will find 105 healing affirmations to support your well-being journey. We all deserve good health. We all deserve to heal.

These positive affirmations will help you go forward in the healing process with loving thoughts and peace in your heart.

I have also added healing affirmations by Louise Hay at the end.

I give myself permission to heal.
I am willing to be at peace with myself and everyone.
My immune system is healthy and strong.
I am grateful for my body.
I am healing gently.
I allow myself to give and receive love.
I am capable of unconditional love.
Read all affirmations here:

105 Healing Affirmations for Blissful Well-Being

Wisdom & Self-help Tips
Your Guide on Optimism and How to Be Optimistic
It’s such a beautiful word, isn’t it? Optimism. And it’s a real treat to write about it as I’m currently reading Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

Optimism is often misunderstood, but even in the direst of circumstances, optimism can be life-saving. Even I have had some questions related to it in the past.

Whether it is toxic or unrealistic, making people live in their heads and not be there for others in their lives, or making them lose empathy. But optimism is not that. It is a tool that helps us not only strengthen ourselves but others too.

What is optimism?
In the most simple terms, optimism is believing in a good future. It is about believing that however the present circumstances may be, we will make it through.

Read the full post here:

Your Guide on Optimism and How to Be Optimistic

Inspirational Stories of Gratitude
Hannah’s Story – A girl that can
“Some back story: I was 19 when I was finally finding myself, who I was, and who I wanted to be.

I met this man who was in the military, and at that point in time in my life, I craved attention from a man as I grew up with a dad but not one that cared to be a dad until I was about 18-19 years old.

My first thought when I met a man that I cared about was I had to wow him. Make him fall for me even if he showed no interest.

This military man and I started dating in December of 2017…”

Read Hannah’s fully story here:

Hannah’s Story – A girl that can
I’ll see you next Monday!

With Gratitude,
Aarushi

I hope you find beautiful moments in life every day 🙂

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Hey grateful people! Happy to see you again 🤗

Did you know that today is the 100th day of the year?! 100 days already! Wow… Let’s all take a moment to reflect on 2023 so far and how it has been for us. I’d love to know about you. You can send over a reply to me and I might share it in next week’s newsletter!

And, with that, here’s your gratitude newsletter:

Affirmations
100 Motivation Affirmations to Achieve Your Dreams
In this post, you will find 100 Positive Affirmations for Motivation to help you build and maintain a high-energy attitude as you work towards your goals and keep believing in yourself.

Positive affirmations are a helpful and much-loved tool to support one’s well-being journey. Today, with affirmations for motivation, let’s support ourselves with empowering words. I remember many instances when I heard myself or someone else says that they didn’t feel motivated. And with the help of affirmations, I was able to encourage myself more.

I hope they’ll help you too! Here are your 100 positive affirmations for motivation:

100 Motivation Affirmations to Achieve Your Dreams

Wisdom & Self-help Tips
The 10 Keys to Happiness for Life
What is the key to happiness? Well, I haven’t chosen an easy topic to talk about today, have I? To answer what is the key or the keys to happiness, we have to understand what happiness is first.

But there is really no objective definition of happiness, so I’ll define it by how I have understood what it means to other people and me. I wrote this in my other blog post about finding happiness within yourself:

“Happiness, in the simplest way, is the experience of enjoying the moment that you are in. This happiness is independent and natural, unforced and palpable, simple and powerful.”
So, even though it may be difficult to exactly tell what happiness is or what it means to all of us, one thing is clear: everyone wants to be happy.

While figuring out what are the keys to happiness, I watched quite a few insightful videos based on research that people did to understand how we can be happy, and what I understood was there may not be a single key to happiness…

Read the full post here:

The 10 Keys to Happiness for Life

Inspirational Stories of Gratitude
Anna’s Story – Thank You
“When I was young, I would talk to the universe all the time.

“Tell me what my purpose is.”

“What is my special mission here on earth?”

These questions would always linger at night; especially when I looked up at the stars…”

Here’s Anna’s full story:

Anna’s Story – Thank You
I’ll see you next Monday!

With Gratitude,
Aarushi

I hope you find beautiful moments in life every day 🙂

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