I remember reading the story of Adam and Eve so many times as a child, and thinking... I would NOT have eaten that apple!Right.
When I began to read more in the Bible, and understand myself better, I knew that every story and each person, was me... in one way or another. I am a sinner, just like they were.
"There is none that doeth good, no not one", the Bible says.
We were born with sin natures, and we have each learned by now that there isn't enough will power in the world to change those natures.
God always knew it, and the provision he made through the death of his son on the cross, changed everything.
I know it in my own life, you know it in yours.
I wrote this little poem on an early blog, it still fits...
Eve in the garden, it could have been me, peeking through leaves, the apple I see...
Instructed by God to leave it alone, her mind started playing like a dog with a bone...
What was forbidden became the thing she wanted, the temptation was strong, she would not be daunted...
So she went to the tree, the one tree forbidden, and parted the leaves where the apple was hidden...
It was shiny and big and too good to be true, she called out for Adam, to beckon him too...
together they looked, touched and finally ate, the first picture of the human fate...
But God knew it all, right from the start. He provided a way for the human heart...
No wonder we call it man's good news, still...
the choice is ours, to win or lose...
When you feel in the need for a good miracle, all you need to do is look into your own heart, and remember who you were before you knew Jesus.
Are we perfect now? Of course not, but have we been been changed? Yes, 1000 times over, and the process continues every day.
Sinners, but forgiven! ALL God's work, none of mine.
Monday morning musings...
