Garden fruit

Truth Himself, speaks ONLY the truth.

"Eat not of the tree, lest you die."

Options. Free will. God's Great gift.

He will not revoke, amend, or override our gift.

His greatest curses on Mankind, have been

giving in to our own free will.

Moses' followers during the Exodus complained:

"Better that we should die in the desert."

God said yes to that request.

Forty years of toil and death followed.

"Do not eat from that tree, unless you want to die."

We did eat, God must have said, "Granted.

But, there is no death here, where "I" live.

You must go away from Me to die."

How He must weep at our decisions.

We wanted to be left alone.

God said "Granted,"

even at His pain of our decision,

He did not revoke our "gift."

He did block off from us the

Tree of Eternal Life, lest we stay

forever fallen and alone.

Good God, Blessed Holy God;

He knew of a way... THE way

He could turn our evil into good.

It is Still our decision.

We choose daily.

Choose well.