"Trust me," has become a trite expression. Every time someone says something, they punctuate it with, "trust me." It has become so commonplace, that I have learned to never trust anyone who says "trust me." Not so with God. You know why?
It is because right from the beginning, right at the beginning of sin, God showed His loving care for us, never mind proving His love by sending His Son to redeem us. Before Jesus, before we were kicked out of the Garden, God's plans for Adam and Eve shows His love.
He punished Adam and Eve like any good Father does. Look what He did to the serpent! Adam and Eve were dealt with in a different manner. God allowed Adam to give a name to his wife. God wanted them to continue, as best they could, the life He had ordained for them. He did not want Adam and Eve to be naked and defenseless. He clothed them better than they could have done themselves. Adam and Eve were sad and ashamed to leave the Garden. But they weren't desolate. God have given them hope. They were to wait for the seed of a pure woman to make up for their sin.
Personally, what I, as a woman, a grandmother, and mostly as a mother, consider proof of God the Father's loving care for us, is child birth. Mothers have to suffer. Mothers face the pain of child birth. But isn't this exactly where their greatest experience of joy is found?
Trust Him, from Whom all good things flow.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;Praise God, all creatures here below;Praise God for all that love has done;Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One.
