When Adam and Eve realized what they had done in Book 10, they were so ashamed. They felt the need to run and hide and they hated everything about themselves because they knew what they had done was wrong. Adam blamed Eve for tempting him, Eve blamed Adam for not being strong enough to say no to her and to tell her not to do it.
Think about how you would have felt if you were Adam and Eve. The shame, the embarrassment when you realized that you had no clothes on, the regret. I would have wanted to hide from God, too. As a matter of fact, I have. Or at least I have tried. Who else had tried to run as fast as they could to hide from God? (Every single person should be raising their hand right now because we all know everyone has in their life at some point).
Running is so easy. The hard part is facing God once you are ready to come to terms with what you have done. But PRAISE THE LORD that we have a loving and merciful God who frees us from our sins. I recently got baptized and when I was, I felt this overwhelming sense of relief that I was going to be okay. My sins are not too much for God to handle, which is such a blessing. If only Adam and Eve had known this sense of relief, maybe they wouldn't have tried to hide and cover themselves up and blame each other. I wonder what would have happened if Jesus had already died for their sins, too. Anybody else have those kind of "what if" thoughts? I am honestly very curious!
Think about how you would have felt if you were Adam and Eve. The shame, the embarrassment when you realized that you had no clothes on, the regret. I would have wanted to hide from God, too. As a matter of fact, I have. Or at least I have tried. Who else had tried to run as fast as they could to hide from God? (Every single person should be raising their hand right now because we all know everyone has in their life at some point).
Running is so easy. The hard part is facing God once you are ready to come to terms with what you have done. But PRAISE THE LORD that we have a loving and merciful God who frees us from our sins. I recently got baptized and when I was, I felt this overwhelming sense of relief that I was going to be okay. My sins are not too much for God to handle, which is such a blessing. If only Adam and Eve had known this sense of relief, maybe they wouldn't have tried to hide and cover themselves up and blame each other. I wonder what would have happened if Jesus had already died for their sins, too. Anybody else have those kind of "what if" thoughts? I am honestly very curious!
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