Hey Papa, What tempted Adam and Eve so much that they turned their backs on you?

He said, The lie that I was withholding the best from them.  That there was more for them if they’d take their life into their own hands and be independent of me.  It was subtitle at first “hath god said?”  “Why would he withhold such a beautiful tree with luscious fruit from you?”  “He doesn’t trust you to make your own decisions. “

So it was really many seeds of doubt about Papa’s character and his desire for your best that grew into the impulse to reach out for the fruit. The one thing that was withheld and that was for your protection.  It was a test of free will that man had to endure. Their failure caused untold pain and suffering and unleashed death’s reign.  

But free will also enables you to choose Jesus and reverse the curse.  I’ve always been calling from the garden for you to come home, orchestrating your circumstances to lead you back to me.  I miss those walks in the cool of the day the times of sweet fellowship sitting with you.  

You are a missing piece of Adam until you come home, a fragment of my joy that is just out of reach.  So I stand on the shore and call to you “follow me, and I’ll give you rest” “turn your eyes and heart to me and I’ll never abandon or forsake you”.

Turn off your path, which will lead you to destruction and get back on the path home to life and that life abundantly joyful and satisfying.  Papa is waiting and watching the road for you to come home.