It
Was The Woman
You
Gave Me
Who
Gave Me The Fruit, And I Ate It.
Scripture
Genesis
3
8 When the
cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard
the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from
the Lord God among the trees.
11 “Who
told you that you were naked?” the Lord God asked. “Have
you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?”
“The
serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s why I ate it.”
14 Then
the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because
you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic
and wild. You will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long
as you live.
15 And
I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your
offspring and her offspring.He will strike your head, and you will
strike his heel.”
16 Then he
said to the woman, “I
will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give
birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule
over you.”
17 And to
the man he said, “Since
you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I
commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All
your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.
18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you,though you will eat of its grains.
18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you,though you will eat of its grains.
19 By
the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to
the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and
to dust you will return.”
Observation
If
you have the tendency to blame other people for your present
circumstances then my friend you are not alone. The blame game
started all the way back in the Garden of Eden.
Oh,
let's not be too hard on Adam and Eve, they might have been the first
couple who started it, but you and I are just as guilty.
The
biggest step in recovery and the biggest step in getting a
relationship back on the right track is admitting that “I” have a
problem, and admitting that “I” messed up.
It
is amazing how easy it is for me to see the tiny speck in someone
elses eye, but for some reason I can't see the log that is in my own.
You
and I have a serious “I” problem. If we want to place blame on
somebody, let's blame it on Adam and Eve and not on our spouse!
Application
When
Kathy and I have an argument (yes, we do have arguments), I will be
quick to say, “I love you. I am sorry. I was wrong. Will you
forgive me?” I will not play the blame game.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, You know my heart. I like to be right just as much as anyone
else. Help me to love my wife and help me not worry about always
having to be right. Don't let me blame other people when I mess up.
Help me to own up to my own shortcomings.
I
pray for couples who are constantly fighting and arguing with each
other. Help them, Lord. Help them to grow spiritually. Help them to
admit their faults to each other so they can have a great
relationship. Don't let them get caught up in the blame game.
Daily
Bible Reading: Genesis 3,4,5; Luke 2
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