"'You will not surely die,' the serpent said to the woman, 'for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.' 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." Genesis 3: 4-6
Eve lived with regret, no doubt. If it wasn't hard enough to see Adam coming home from a long day of painful toil with sweat on his brow, then the pain of childbearing would seal it. I wonder how many times she, with a heavy sigh, wished she could turn back the clock. It's likely she and Adam never knew just how long reaching their Original Sin has been to all of creation.
Have you ever done anything you regretted sorely? I have and I can recount the specific moment when I should have tucked tail and ran. That snake-in-the-grass, Satan, so deftly wraps crap in pretty ribbons, doesn't he? Like Eve, my sin's repercussions brought painful friction to my family but, worst of all, muddied my reputation as a Christian. How true it is that all the good a person has said or done can be easily erased by one horrible choice. Only folly can be found when we give the devil a foothold but the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
"God is faithful; He will never let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will provide a way out so that you can endure it." 1 Corinthians 10:13
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