#Twizzle the tigers full

Then, God said, “In the sweat of your face, you will eat bread.” Following our own way is full of mental, emotional and physical sweat.īy contrast, the priests who ministered to the Lord in the temple were strictly forbidden to clothe themselves with “anything that causes sweat” (Ezekiel 44:18). God punished disobedience by cursing the ground. It involved work but not anything like the effort required for most modern jobs. But even there, God told Adam to “keep and tend” the garden. In Eden, maybe Chris would never have to buy groceries. “All our needs would be provided in our backyard,” adds Chris, 10.

If our original parents had obeyed God, “there would be no homeless people or people that live in the streets or unhealthy people,” says Kyle, 9.

In Psalm 23, David wrote, “And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Although David sinned, he knew the joy of abiding in God’s presence. No wonder God called David a man after his own heart. In contrast, King David wrote: “In your presence is fullness of joy at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” David loved God so much that he danced before the Ark of the Covenant as it came into Jerusalem. Kelly, I’m so glad you used the word “fun.” Many people associate worship with putting on a long face and listening to boring sermons. If Adam and Eve hadn’t committed that first sin, says Chris, 11, “God would walk with us.” And that means, as Kelly, 9, puts it, “We would be having fun and worshipping God.” Even when we’re trying to hide, God always finds us. Today, fig leaves take many forms: a better job, a bigger house, a more exotic vacation or a different spouse. Hillary, 6, adds that Adam and Eve “wouldn’t have had to hide from God” if they hadn’t eaten the forbidden fruit. Marci says if we were in the Garden of Eden, “Mosquitoes wouldn’t bite.” And it’s a good thing because Jennifer, 11, says, “We would probably be running around naked without thinking it’s wrong.” “The world would be wonderful.”Īmanda and Marci may have been reading the prophet Isaiah, who wrote of a time when the lion will lie down with a calf and eat straw like an ox. Also, “you could keep lions and tigers for pets,” adds Marci, 9. “Bees wouldn’t sting, bears wouldn’t bite, and bad things wouldn’t happen,” says Amanda, 6.