If only it were better...

July 1, 2007

Did you ever think that if circumstances were different you would not act like you do. If she did not burn the toast every morning everything would be better. Or maybe: If he will only get a job that pays more we could live better and all would be well. The Bible shows us that circumstances even when they are perfect, they cannot change the way man (or woman) act.

Gen 2:8-9 KJV
(8) And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
(9) And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

If anyone had the perfect place to live, it was Adam and Eve. They had a perfect environment to live in. There were no problems. Yet, they failed.

I am not saying all this to excuse bad behavior. We cannot say that well they had it perfect and could not make it how can we do it. We can take what happened to them and see that even when it is perfect, humans will fail, and God can forgive us. We need to forgive those around us and ourselves as well. Who do you need to forgive today?