Diary of a Woman Learning

Today as I read Genesis 3 , I was particularly struck by verses 1-13. (I'll move on to the next verses soon.) God had given Adam and Eve everything they could ever want or need. They had food, they had purpose and even more, they walked in close relationship with God Himself. Yet they wanted more. Adam was told - apparently before Eve was ever fashioned from his rib - that only one thing was forbidden. Of all the trees in the Garden of Eden, only the single tree in the middle - the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil - was off limits. Verse 1 tells us that the serpent was very crafty. The serpent tempted Eve with the possibility that she could discern good from evil - that she could be like God. She was so tempted by this that she ate and she also gave the fruit to her husband - who was with her - and their eyes were opened. They were suddenly aware that they were naked and they were ashamed. They made coverings for their naked bodies from fig leaves and Adam and Eve hid from ...