Alone

You may have noticed, this is theme with me.  I just completed reading Adam by David Bolt.  In case you do not know, Adam was the first man.  God created him into a paradise.  He worked to keep the Garden, name the animals and hang out with the Lord.  Until he got lonely.  In brash terms I am sure God had God stuff to go and do.  You can play with dogs only so much, cats only when they want and elephants when...I do not know when they feel playful.  Maybe just around the lake and rivers.  But the key was he could not talk to them, there was no communication possible, they do not understand him nor him them.  Men are made for companionship.  The Lord knew that, He is after all All Knowing (yes I will capitalize His attributes too! :P)

When finally Adam had known loneliness, he longed for a companion and he was provided a woman, Eve.  They had fun I am sure.  He taught her what he knew.  She asked questions and introduced a different perspective in his life, rejuvenated his curiosity, injected a playfulness into his brooding.  He enjoyed every moment.  He considers for a moment that Eve has never known the loneliness he experienced.  According to Uncle Mo, this is why men are more often brooders.  We picked it up from Grandpa Adam.  Women are more social because it was like that from their beginning.  Makes sense to me.

The Fall; yes she wanted to be wise, above the creatures.  She asked, "How can we know good if we do not know evil?"  Curiosity killed paradise.  And he thought, "If God created her, he would not have made her to lead me astray would He?"  And there it all went.

I would have done the same thing most likely.  It was that or (from tainted mortal sight) go back to being alone.  There is so much we give up for companionship, that is why it is such a big deal - it's expensive.  How much more we gain from it.  Now we know for sure that God loves us, for He provided Himself to be the perfect sacrifice that we may again walk and talk with Him.  None of us, if we so choose, will ever be alone again.