They Ruined It!

Have you ever let your imagination sit upon what it might be like if Adam and Eve hadn't given in to the temptation the serpent presented them with in the garden? God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit and just spent 6 amazing day creating everything from nothing. Their finest creation, the one created in their own image was to rule over the other creatures in the garden - Paradise! I mean, the food was perfect, the climate was perfect, everything was perfect! And past that, they had intimate and immediate fellowship with their Creator. Everything they could have ever possibly needed was all there, and He was there with them. IMAGINE walking and talking with Creator God.
There was only 1 rule..."Don't eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil." One forbidden fruit...just one in comparison with everything else. And one enemy of man who was allowed access to them. He must have had such a persuasive argument that day...or was it over many days that he talked and whispered in Eve's ear. He certainly didn't make her do it, but I'm sure Satan gave it all he had. It must have felt like such a victory for him to be able to tempt the woman and the man into choosing against their Creator God. And in one choice...one moment...EVERYTHING was changed FOREVER. And Adam and Eve, God's finest creations, were forced to flee the perfect Garden that was created just for them. It was in that one moment when our need for a Savior, a Redeemer became necessary. Sin had entered the world. And it would be a long time that the true enemy of God and man would rule upon the face of this created earth until God the Father would send His Son to save us. But not the way many thought. A baby...a man...one of us, who would know every sin we'd ever face ,but would choose the right way so that He could defeat sin and save us all.
It's hard to IMAGINE the world perfect because all we know is imperfect. Doesn't that make us all the more grateful that our Savior, born a tiny baby, came all the way from His heavenly home to become one of us so that He could save us, once for all. There is no need to IMAGINE that part. He did it. It happened and we are FOREVER changed again. Hope entered the world...and His name is Emmanuel, God With Us...Jesus.