Good Monday morning! February is here, the first month of 2010 is gone already! The first indication was in my gathering 2009 tax documents and mentally preparing to tackle the beast this week. I typically file on the early side, but since Jesus makes all things new...maybe I will wait this year? No, we don't use our Lord as an excuse to put things off. Work is work, and when it's time to get on it, we need to get on it. A little BarlowGirl on the stereo this morning to help get me going.
A pop culture reference sometimes triggers a few thoughts in my cranium and yesterday was no different. A movie title from a few years back, Eyes Wide Shut, popped into my head. The movie was advertised a lot, but I don't think it was a very good effort. However the title is sometimes useful in describing what happened to Adam and Eve after they fell for the serpent's deception. One of the temptations presented to Eve was that her eyes would be opened by eating the forbidden fruit. Sometimes we use 'apple' as the forbidden fruit, but that's unfair to apples. Okay, to get back to the point!
The serpent said that her eyes would be opened, but we know from our own experience that Adam and Eve, and all their descendants, in fact had their eyes wide shut. Where they could see the face of God, they now could not bear his countenance in their sin and hid from Him. Where they could see the light, they now saw the darkness of rebellion. Where they had walked with the Truth, now they could only see the lies of the world. We don't yet realize just how much was lost in that fall! Adam and Eve now felt shame and tried to hide their nakedness with clothing. They had walked with their Creator and all animals, but now both Creator and creations were estranged.
Paul tells us that all creation groans under the Curse of that first sin. Yesterday, I saw a television show where a mother sea lion groaned over her cub which had lost its life in a storm. I couldn't help but be reminded of nature groaning under the curse, looking forward to that day when we will be redeemed forever by Jesus. The bad thing about the Fall is where we are now and what we suffer in this portion of our lives; the good thing about the Fall is Jesus and what He is holding safe for us awaiting His return. We cannot 'see' what awaits us yet, our eyes have been shut by the Fall, but we trust in Jesus and base our hope on Him!
Praise God for the new week, and watch out for that rodent tomorrow! :-)
Bucky
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