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We never learn.
I know, I know, “never” is an unfair statement.
You’d think that we’d be way better off now than when human beings were first created. You’d think we’d have figured out a thing or two.
You’d also think, that since Jesus came, died, rose from the dead, left us His teachings, not to mention the Holy Spirit, we’d be less of sinners.
The 1st Reading this Sunday (Gen 3:9-15) takes place in the Garden of Eden, just after Adam ate from the apple.
[Enter God]
Like, seriously, Adam? You think you can hide from God? Of course, it’s meant to really show Adam’s shamefulness and the guilt he felt from disobeying God.
And we just think Adam is so silly.
Yet, even though it’s been a really really really really really long time since Adam, we still do that.
We don’t hide behind bushes maybe, but if we take what the author says about the situation and God, and apply it to what we know about God, then it’s probably closer to us ignoring God and trying to convince ourselves that He’s not there, or that our sins don’t matter that much.
I think that’s why people leave the Church, or their faith in God – they don’t want to have to admit their wrongdoings. They think they can avoid guilt by just denying that God exists.
And I’m not judging, because I have done that myself. I have been in the act of committing a sin, and I’ll somehow (there’s really no logic there) convince myself that it’s okay.
Or I’ll not pray even though I feel prompted to. I’ll just think, “I can do it later,” or “I prayed enough today.”
That’s the equivalent of hiding from God. We’re just like Adam, but worse, because we’ve have SO MANY people who’ve made these mistakes before us.
The Bible is this amazing gift we have to help us to be better Christians, yet we don’t learn from the numerous examples, the warnings and teachings. Why do we keep failing to learn?
P.S. Completely separate thought:
There’s this nice little prayer that goes like this:
Hail Mary, full of grace
Kick the devil in the face
Now, when I heard this I was like, haha funny cute rhyming prayer.
But then I read the rest of the 1st Reading which ends with:
“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel.”
And I was like, whoa. Seems like a highly accurate prayer that I plan to pray way more often.
