Dear Spekkite,
The fall of man apart from disorientating Man's? psyche, brought a curse of all round miserable hardship upon him (Gen3:16-19), it resulted in everything being wrapped up in sorow.
Child birth which was meant to be a thing of pleasure although still pleasurable became much more painful. The wife who was created to be the help meet (A companion to compliment Adam e.g Manager & Deputy Manager) became her husband's servant (Gen3:16). The blessing of work, transformed into the curse of toil, freely eating (Gen2:16) turned to eating bread in the sweat of one's face (Gen3:16).
Mankind was indeed a shadow of his former self and slave bound to the consequences of sin.
This is yet another dimension to the reason Jesus had to come. He came to deliver us from this bondage of unending frustation. As always Jesus gets to the crux of the matter as He says:
Matthew 11:28-30 MSG
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
This is the abundant life He was born to give (John 10:10). Come to Him and take a load off, you can finally exhale.
Be Spekky...Be Spectacular
(Matt5:14-16)
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