But I have been thinking about that comment...about that thought. Why were both of their eyes opened at the same time. Upon further discussion, Julius made the comment that if Eve's eyes were opened and Adams were not, perhaps Adam would have noticed the change in Eve....the shame...the guilt....the fear...and Adam probably would have not eaten the fruit. He would have thought the fruit made Eve crazy because "now she's wearing the environment."
Anyway, just some forbidden food for thought.
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Rejoice in the Lord!
A story from Joram retold by Joel
There were these two Africans. One was a Christian and the other was not. They both got a job at the saw mill. They were very happy. One day one of the guys got his finger cut off. The Christian told him to "rejoice in the Lord!" and he responded, "how can I rejoice in the Lord? I just lost my finger!" The Christian said, "you must rejoice in the Lord no matter what. For the Lord makes all things good, so I say rejoice in the Lord!"
A few months went by and they had saved enough money to travel and visit family. They decided to travel together. However, they had to travel through the bush. While traveling through the bush they ran out of water. They had not brought enough and it was very hot. They came upon a well but had no way to draw the water. They decided to take turns and lower each other into the well to drink. The Christian lowered the other into the well and he drank. Then the Christian was lowered into the well and he drank but when it was time to be brought out of the well the other said "remember that time I lost my finger and you told me to rejoice in the Lord no matter what? Now I am telling you to rejoice", and with that he left him in the well and continued on his journey.
While he was traveling through the bush he came upon some nomadic bush people, the people that make human sacrifices to their gods. They captured him. They tied him to their alter as a sacrifice. But when they noticed he was missing a finger they said "we cannot sacrifice this to our gods. Our sacrifice must be whole and this man is not whole. He is missing a finger." So they let him go.
As he was running from the nomadic people he realized that because he had lost a finger he did not lose his life. He began to rejoice. he also thought about the Christian in the well. He thought that if he had not left him in the well and they had been traveling together they would have sacrificed him because he was whole.
He ran back to the well and lifted the Christian out and shouted "YOU MUST REJOICE IN THE LORD!"
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Just two stories I thought would share some of the humor and the fellowship that Tara and I are experiencing here in Kenya. It is a blessing to be in God's will.
So, I think Eve's response to Adams question of "why are you wearing the environment?" should have been..."rejoice in the Lord! For the Lord makes all things good!"....yes indeed, rejoice in the Lord no matter your circumstance.
Giraffe! Why are you wearing the environment? |
Rejoice in the Lord!.....no matter what |
Blessings,
Joel and Tara