Eve Today

On a MySpace meme, one of the questions caught my attention. It was “If you could be any person in history, who would you be?”. I confidently decided I would choose Eve.

*I* with my supreme insight and wisdom would NOT have been tempted by some smooth talking, handsome tree-dweller. *I* would surely listen to my husband’s wishes, either direct “don’t mess with that tree” or the more subtle “honey, you can have anything you want, but don’t eat from that one, if you don’t mind, sweetie ” (well, we don’t know for SURE!). *I* would care nothing about being really smart with knowledge or having my eyes opened. Nope, *I* would refuse, walk away and go to the chocolate flowers for lunch. The world would be free from sin. The Bible would consist of the Book of Genesis and Kim’s Wisdom. “The Life and Times of Kim” would be on all the religious channels. Naked would be an appropriate fashion statement.

Sigh….since my chance of being Eve is about the same as my winning the lottery, time is better spent recognizing how deceiving Satan can be. In my life, he presents himself in my brain as pride, doubt, selfishness, and impulsiveness. Instead of kicking his ass right out of the tree, I take bites and let him shadow my heart. Steal my joy.

If it is so obvious for us to second guess Eve, why don’t we do that in our own lives? My church says it simply “Love God, Love People”.

I love God.

I love People…”if” Two small, but significant letters. if. IF. If they are like me, if they do this, if they don’t that. Satan hides between that i and f. Bob says we can change the world. I know Christ can. I’m not confident of my part. I’m struggling just changing me. I’d make a crappy Eve.

I’ve often wondered the point of prayer – since God has a plan and I’m not sure my asking affects the outcome. Isn’t that how it works? You ask God and He answers? Or not?

I’ve recently come to the realization that prayer is my primary connection to God. That may seem fairly obvious, but I have a little of Eve’s short-sightedness. By strengthening my relationship with God, I find my path a little less intimidating. I still stumble, but not always to the bottom of the hill. Like Eve, I choose to ignore some things, preferring my own imagined outcome to be a better deal. I eat that same apple over and over only to find myself exposed and hurt.

Every day is a fresh start. I ask “God’s will be done” and that I hear Him clearly . I ask Him to make me strong and willing. I thank Him for my blessings. Amen