This Poem was Submitted By: Dr Russell Wayne Nelson On Date: 2000-12-13 16:54:28 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Beguiled

God's creation, Adam and Eve, lived in a garden among the trees, No worry or stress did they know,  until Satan delivered his fatal blow. By the tree of knowledge in the sod, the serpent whispered,"you will be as a god." Eve saw the tree. pleasant to her eyes, a simple bite would make her wise. "Just eat the fruit, you shall not surely die," the serpent assured her it wasn't a lie. Eve grabbed the fruit and took a bite, and then told Adam that it was alright. From the tree of knowledge both did partake, forgetting God's warning for future sake. Sin was born and all innocence flew, immediately they heard from God who knew. With no place to hide among the trees, both were ashamed and concealed with fig leaves. Stress then abounded and they now knew fear, as the curse of God became more clear. Childbirth for woman would be with pain, and man's existence never would be the same. The ground would be cursed with thistle and thorn, man would toil in the soil from the day he was born. Satan beguiled Eve, Adam did learn, and back to dust again he would return. The original sin was certainly a serious one, but God relented and sent to us His only Son.   

Copyright © December 2000 Dr Russell Wayne Nelson


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