Perfection is a concept that while we feel we know, we can never grasp. There is always something that can and will spoil the perfect day, perfect house, perfect couple, etc. You name it and it will happen. Flaws are always a part of it and something will spoil the moment. The Garden of Eden was like that as well. Man and woman were friends with God and they were supposed to live forever and rule the world - sin changed all of that forever. The sin - the coverup and the running away from God sealed the fate for all of mankind for all eternity. But even with all of that God did not wipe them away, He clothed them and gave them the means to survive in the world they wanted not what they had. The snake was special since it could talk and reason but it too as an animal in the garden could have been sent away by Eve but it wasn't. Instead the mind was disobediant, not just the bodies that partook of the fruit. Here also we see the first sacrifice of an animal for the purposes of God. Here the purpose was to cloth Adam and Eve since the hides would be more efficient than leaves. The toils and the pains each one would experience as been unique to each gender and would be so forever.
Thankful for a good review and still a sobering outlook confirmed for my compensation going forward. The prospects for my industry sector remains somewhat dismal and to quote a favorite phrase, "bad breath is better than no breath at all". The projections could last over the new few years, still thankful for a job and for the benefits it provides.
Praise for today: He is my Jehovah Jireh!
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