At that moment their eyes were opened,
And they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness.
So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.
~Genesis 3:7
Adam and Eve experienced the very first sorrow…
And it came suddenly upon them.
All mankind has experienced sorrow at some point,
But our sorrow can never, ever come close to what
Adam and Eve felt….
Before The Fall,
They had it Made.
They had everything they needed
They never knew anything less then perfect.
Their heart was always full of True Joy.
True Happiness…
True Contentment…
True Peace.
Then in one-split-second-in-time
Because of a choice they made,
They felt the Very First Pain
The Very First Remorse,
The Very First Heartbreak,
The Very First Sorrow,
OH THE SORROW!!!
What once was, vanished.
They were the first ones to experience,
Mental anguish.
They were the first ones that felt it.
And they knew the difference.
Adam and Eve looked into each other’s eyes
And knew.
You and I have known sorrow,
And Grief,
You and I have experienced heartache,
And remorse.
But it is NOTHING compared to what
Adam and Eve experienced,
That Very First Time.
To have lived in Paradise,
With Purity and Laughter,
In your heart;
And then to have it instantly
Vanish,
Must have brought the deepest
Of Sorrows,
The deepest
Of Pains,
Grief so inexpressible,
That to ponder it now,
Makes me want to turn away….
It is almost too painful,
To think about their pain….
The Deepest regret,
Ever known by humankind,
Was felt by Adam and Eve….
How many times in his sleep,
Did Adam toss and turn,
And cry out,
‘OH GOD,
I AM SO SORRY!
I MISS YOU!
I…
miss…
you..’
There is only one other human being
I can think of that could have
Experienced the same level of regret,
And that would be,
Judas Iscariot.
The one who betrayed Jesus.
All Hope seemed lost.
Despair quickly follows,
On the heels of regret.
In the minds of Adam and Eve,
The feeble solution
Was to sew fig leaves together
To cover their shame…
How many, many times,
Have I sewed fig leaves together,
To cover my deep regret…
To cover my deep sorrows..?
I cannot blame Adam and Eve.
All I have to do is substitute my name for theirs…
I would have done the same.
The only difference between them and me is,
I happen to exist on this side of the cross…
This side of the Answer…
The Answer was Jesus,
The Answer is Jesus,
And the Answer will always be Jesus.
I am sitting here shaking my head….
I know that Jesus is the Answer,
Yet at times I still find myself,
Sewing fig leaves,
Instead of turning to Jesus.
Adam and Eve
Didn’t yet have Jesus,
But I do.
When deep sorrow fills my soul,
I must choose to take it
To Jesus.
He is
THE
ONLY
ANSWER
For mankind’s
Deep, deep sorrows.
A Woman's Heart 