to sleep, sorry for all, which we
had done, for our eyes were truly
open as we could see things as
God had. We had failed to worship
Him, as the true and only God.
God is such a loving God, looking
back, I wonder, what He would have
done if we had admitted our sin,
and simply fallen at His knees and
begged forgiveness.
Still He did not leave us in our
helpless state but gave us the
promise of a Savior, His son, who
would redeem us and restore our
right standing with Him.
A few thousand years have passed,
but not too much has changed. Just
as Solomon said, “There is nothing
new under the sun.” We all have a
choice to sin or not. We all fail. It still
has a price of death. It all starts with
the same problems, the eyes and I.
We look at something until we say
it is good, and we have to have it.
It may be the second piece of cake,
the neighbor’s house, sex outside of
marriage, pictures of abused kids,
or the almighty dollar. Next comes,
I deserve and I have a right to it. If it
feels good, then I should be able to
do it. Pride, Greed, and Selfishness
still ruin lives.
We listen to the serpent’s lie, that
we can be God. We believed,
because we want to do so. Satan
never speaks the whole truth. We
still choose to worship other gods.
No, the first drink will most likely not
kill you, but the hundredth may find
you in jail for DWI, or dying of liver
failure. Your first snort of cocaine
could easily lead to your last. Love
outside marriage may seem like
it hurts no one, until you look at
divorce rate, kids without fathers,
and AIDS’ victims. Keeping up with
the Joneses may give you ulcers, or
heart attacks. Fitting into that size
zero dress may kill you. Bitterness
and unforgiveness leads to cancer
or depression. The jails are full, and
most knew what they were doing
was wrong. They chose to do it
anyway.
We still like the blame game. “If I
had had better parents,” “if he had
not hurt me,” “if I had known the
outcome.” then I would have not
done it. We are not responsible for
what was done to us, but how we
reacted to it. We are responsible
for our actions. We want to say, ‘ “if
we say I am sorry,’ then somehow
all punishment and consequence
should go away.” They don’t. If I
run up the credit cards, the bills still
follow me. If I abuse my child, she
may not want to take care of me
when I am old. The courts may find
me guilty and sentence me to jail.
If I fail to read, to study, to listen to
God’s plan and obey it; I may find
myself kicked out of heaven and
into a hell of my own choosing.
Like Adam and Eve, life eventually
forces us to admit, that we are not
God. We are not all knowing. We
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are not all powerful, and we are not
able to wash off the stench of sin.
We still try to add to His word and
worship with our many rules and
regulations that He did not bind to
us. You can’t wear cowboy boots
in Church or say amen without a
committee hearing and a Church
wide vote.
Just like with Adam and Eve, God
still comes looking for us, knowing
all that we have done. He still
forgives, and gives us life again.
However, it comes at the price, the
blood of His only