Just Taste
- Joni
- May 5, 2017
- 2 min read
It only took
an
Apple~
that is it
a juicy red delicious
apple
that put
Snow White
to sleep
that
put
Adam and Eve
into hiding
from the
One
Who created
the tree
that grew the
apple~
the apple
that
He told them
not to touch.
Pretty simple...
just don't touch this one little thing
the one little thing that is
shiny
bright
innocent
but
it was all a facade
a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Snow White
was
deceived
Adam and Eve
were
deceived
and we
get
deceived.
What are some of your juicy red apples that hang on
your do not touch tree?
Just this once
It isn't a big deal
Everyone is eating them
I will start over tomorrow
Hmm.
Just one bite
is all it took
and
sin entered the world
which is causing all the problems we experience.
But
we blame
God,
our
Creator,
even though all
He created
was
good
in the beginning
and
He is
good.
"Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" Genesis 3:1
Says the crafty one
the deceiver
in the Garden
the deceiver
in our garden
But
When the woman SAW that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened,
and they realized they were naked;
so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Genesis 3:6-7
Do you think if Eve was blind she would have made the same choice?
Hmm...think about it...
Eve saw what was good and pleasing to the eye
and
ate.
She had it all
yet something was missing,
just maybe there was something
better.
A better seen or a better felt is way better when you are feeing un~better.
How easy it for us to run to what we "see " that is more pleasing to the eye,
than what we are seeing, feeling, and being in the moment.
What "better" do you run to when you want to feel "un~better"?
A bite of
our apples~
a Twinkie
shopping
tv
alcohol or food...
Just anything that
appears to more pleasing to the eye
than what I am feeling right now.
But because
God
hated seeing
the little apple feast
Adam and Eve were having
He still came
to find them
even though they
were hiding from...
Him.
Because He is good
Because He is love
He took action
and
sent His Son,
to eat that apple again
down to the sinful core
in order to bring us back
to that
Perfect Paradise~
to restore all that was lost
because of that one little bite...
For this one man, Adam, brought death to many through his sin. But this one man, Jesus Christ, brought forgiveness to many through God’s mercy. Romans 5:15
Because of His Grace
Because of His Mercy
we don't have to
eat from the
do not touch trees
that can't produce the
Peace
Joy
Hope
that we are hungry for.
Seeing is believing
but not the
apples
that hang on our manmade trees of deception~
Seeing Him
Who hung on a tree
so we wouldn't have to~
Redeeming
all that was lost,
just because of one "innocent" bite
that one day
in
the Garden.
What choice did Eve have?
To eat or not to eat
What choice do you have?
Why keep eating from the same tree when the
Tree of Life
is standing right next to you?
Take a bite of
Truth
and another bite
and
another...
don't ever
stop...
Just
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him. Psalm 34:8
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