I've started graduate school which means that some of my posts may reference this new venture in life. This is one of those posts.

tonight in class we talked about the fall of man, and the nature of man. you know, in the garden, the serpent asked eve if she was allowed to eat from any tree and she answered yes, first... then, on second thought, she mentioned that they were not allowed to eat from the tree of knowledge and that they were not allowed to even touch it.

so.. why couldn't they touch it?

if they were perfect human beings, in perfect communion with God, why were they forbidden to "touch" the tree? the serpent was the one who brought temptation into the garden. it didn't exist before then, so why the hands-off?

because touching leads to disobedience.

interesting that eve realized the power of choice within the garden. she realized that she could very well make the choice to disobey after talking with (and being seduced by) the serpent.

it is in our nature to lie, to be selfish, to disobey... to touch.


i'm beginning to examine my life to see the areas where i need to institute a hands-off approach.

posted by Kelly @ 8:58:00 PM