O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Amazed at the Old Testament.
Genesis 3:21
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
How beautiful are those words?
Adam and Eve had everything. They were pure, innocent. Adam had the Garden of Eden to rule over and his wife Eve. Two beautiful people; molded and created by the hands of God. God blessed them and had everything made for them. There was only one restriction; the forbidden fruit. And yet, Adam and Eve let go of everything God had given them for the taste of one of the endless variety of food they had.
The Lord grows angry. He is lied to by his creation that he holds so dearly. He punishes them, and with his own power and hands makes clothes for them. How much greater can God's love get? He, with his own hands!!!, clothed Adam and Eve; despite of their sinfulness and dirtiness, God loved them enough to clothe them.
Keep in mind, he was just betrayed and let down by the people he thought he knew best, his own creation. Any God would have stricken them down. Killed them, made new creations. This is the first example of forgiveness towards sin. Towards our nudity and pervertedness. God does give second chances.
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