I have been thinking a lot about "the fall of man" lately. Probably because as I am reading "searching for God knows what" by Donald Miller.. He is talking about it quite a lot. He keeps referring to what was and what is.. and how Adam and Eve would think we were all crazy running around in cotton and trying to out-do everyone at everything. How when the fall happened, we stopped relying fully on God and began relying on what others thought of us. It is a sin ran to our childhood when we begged for attention from our parents and siblings. I could never get enough praise as a kid.. and today I can be the same way.
I was taking a walk yesterday just breathing in God's creation for mankind's enjoyment, when all the joy and happiness I had been feeling came to a hauntingly stop. Ahead of me I saw a small mound of fur alongside the road, and I held my breath as I passed by the dead squirrel. Sure, roadkill is everywhere... but I realize every time I see it, that I will never get used to it. As I stared at the little critter I was filled with sadness. Okay, I am a blubbering fool when it comes to animals, but all I could think about was.. this would not have been the same picture Adam and Even would have seen before the fall. They would have never seen a dead squirrel lying alongside their path.
And it made me sad for humanity.
Adam and Eve never knew jealousy, lust, pride, anger... any of that.. until they ate of the tree. God fulfilled them to the brim.
No deceit.. no dead squirrels.
It seems almost impossible to stop seeing death and destruction and to see the hope in the world getting any better. It is hard to look beyond blood and fur and see that our sins are washed clean. It is almost impossible to believe in a Jesus, a perfect God, that isn't physically seen except for the miracle of a sunrise. It is almost impossible to imagine a world without pain, anxiety, worry..doubt.
But that is what is promised to us one day. And I can't wait to see our reward in a land of milk and honey... In the presence of a God who will not allow us to feel pain any longer.
3 comments:
Amen! When are you going to write a book and do speaking tours? Cause I'm so coming along. It is a bummer to see little furry things destroyed and it truly must of been amazing for Adam and Eve to have had that garden where they really didn't need anything else. God had everything taken care of and they didn't anything. Heaven's going to rock my socks off cause there will be cors coming out of cellos ;)
I noticed that my fake keyboard is a poor substitute for the real thing but I'm cozy in bed now. I meant to say they didn't *need Anything. And colors not cors or Coors ;)
well.. maybe there will be Coors coming out of cellos.. sounds more like a man-heaven.. i prefer some wine coming from my cello.. or colors, of course. :)
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