Choosing Independence...

As they grew closer in their relationship with God they also began to grow closer to each other. At the end of the day, at sunset, God walked with them thru the green fields of the garden and God shared with them moments of unforgatable experiences.Everything was so good and perfect. In the midst of their wanderings along the garden, Eve set out to grab something to eat and as she walked along the shore of the Pishon River, she suddenly found herself staring at the tree of Konwledge of good and evil. She remembered that Adam had mentioned about "Not eating from this tree". However, her curiosity was greater and as she drew nearer to that tree, she was able to see a unusual animal, craftier of the other ones, it was a serpent. As she approached it,the serpent said:" Did God say you really can't eat from this tree?"
Eve Said: " We can eat from all the trees form the garden, but God told us to not eat from this tree".
The serpent very smartly replied:" Of course He would say that, cause He knows that once you have eaten from this tree , you will be like Him and Knowing good from evil"
Eve thought about it while staring at the tempting fruit and imagining what sort of things she would be able to know and have! Little did she know....
She couldn't resist the thought of having this power, she grabbed the fruit and took a bite! Probably seeing that nothing had happened at the immediate moment, she took it to her husband and without resisting or giving it a second thought, He took a bite out of the fruit.
As Adam swallowed the fruit he felt the blood running faslty thru his veins, his body shaken by fear and his eyes opened to reality. With this, came shame and they immediately grabbed fig leaves and covered themselves from nakedness.
Moments after, they heard the voice of the Lord,the same voice that was once pleasing and welcoming , at that moment, drove a regretful feeling thru their body, knowing that they had done something unpleasing to the Lord. They hid behind the bushes of the Garden, as if that would hide them from the "Presence"
The Lord Called out again: " Adam...Eve...Where are you?"
Adam replied: " I heard you were in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked!"
The Lord asked: " Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree?"
The man immediately replied:" It was the woman you gave me, she handed me the fruit"
The Lord asked Eve: " What is this you have done?"
The woman at its turn , also blamed the Serpent! "The serpent deceived me and I ate"
In the same way as it had all began, it had ended. All those marvelous things that surrounded them, had become history. Now, they had given the first step to the longing desire of the human being of living independently og God's will.