The greatest example of “tough love” is found in the account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. God had created them, loved them, and instructed them to have dominion over all other creatures, to be fruitful and to multiply.
He also gave them a freedom to choose the path they wanted to go.
He said they could eat of any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You know the story! Instead of the abundant blessings that God had provided, they chose the one limitation.
God took immediate action. What seemed at the time to be punishment for sin was actually an act of Divine mercy and “tough love.”
“Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” Genesis 3:22.
God did not wish for man to live eternally in this sinful condition. Nothing could be more tragic than for man to live forever outside the fellowship of God.
God had a better plan—a plan of forgiveness, redemption, and eternal life.
So God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and locked the gates. There could be no turning back to the garden or to innocence. But God continued to love and watch over them and provide another way back to Him—the way of the Cross.
Although often misunderstood, “tough love” is a major part of everlasting love.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
DianeThe greatest example of “tough love” is found in the account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. God had created them, loved them, and instructed them to have dominion over all other creatures, to be fruitful and to multiply.
He also gave them a freedom to choose the path they wanted to go.
He said they could eat of any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You know the story! Instead of the abundant blessings that God had provided, they chose the one limitation.
God took immediate action. What seemed at the time to be punishment for sin was actually an act of Divine mercy and “tough love.”
“Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” Genesis 3:22.
God did not wish for man to live eternally in this sinful condition. Nothing could be more tragic than for man to live forever outside the fellowship of God.
God had a better plan—a plan of forgiveness, redemption, and eternal life.
So God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and locked the gates. There could be no turning back to the garden or to innocence. But God continued to love and watch over them and provide another way back to Him—the way of the Cross.
Although often misunderstood, “tough love” is a major part of everlasting love.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
DianeThe greatest example of “tough love” is found in the account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. God had created them, loved them, and instructed them to have dominion over all other creatures, to be fruitful and to multiply.
He also gave them a freedom to choose the path they wanted to go.
He said they could eat of any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You know the story! Instead of the abundant blessings that God had provided, they chose the one limitation.
God took immediate action. What seemed at the time to be punishment for sin was actually an act of Divine mercy and “tough love.”
“Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” Genesis 3:22.
God did not wish for man to live eternally in this sinful condition. Nothing could be more tragic than for man to live forever outside the fellowship of God.
God had a better plan—a plan of forgiveness, redemption, and eternal life.
So God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and locked the gates. There could be no turning back to the garden or to innocence. But God continued to love and watch over them and provide another way back to Him—the way of the Cross.
Although often misunderstood, “tough love” is a major part of everlasting love.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
DianeThe greatest example of “tough love” is found in the account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. God had created them, loved them, and instructed them to have dominion over all other creatures, to be fruitful and to multiply.
He also gave them a freedom to choose the path they wanted to go.
He said they could eat of any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You know the story! Instead of the abundant blessings that God had provided, they chose the one limitation.
God took immediate action. What seemed at the time to be punishment for sin was actually an act of Divine mercy and “tough love.”
“Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” Genesis 3:22.
God did not wish for man to live eternally in this sinful condition. Nothing could be more tragic than for man to live forever outside the fellowship of God.
God had a better plan—a plan of forgiveness, redemption, and eternal life.
So God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and locked the gates. There could be no turning back to the garden or to innocence. But God continued to love and watch over them and provide another way back to Him—the way of the Cross.
Although often misunderstood, “tough love” is a major part of everlasting love.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
DianeThe greatest example of “tough love” is found in the account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. God had created them, loved them, and instructed them to have dominion over all other creatures, to be fruitful and to multiply.
He also gave them a freedom to choose the path they wanted to go.
He said they could eat of any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You know the story! Instead of the abundant blessings that God had provided, they chose the one limitation.
God took immediate action. What seemed at the time to be punishment for sin was actually an act of Divine mercy and “tough love.”
“Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” Genesis 3:22.
God did not wish for man to live eternally in this sinful condition. Nothing could be more tragic than for man to live forever outside the fellowship of God.
God had a better plan—a plan of forgiveness, redemption, and eternal life.
So God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and locked the gates. There could be no turning back to the garden or to innocence. But God continued to love and watch over them and provide another way back to Him—the way of the Cross.
Although often misunderstood, “tough love” is a major part of everlasting love.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
DianeThe greatest example of “tough love” is found in the account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. God had created them, loved them, and instructed them to have dominion over all other creatures, to be fruitful and to multiply.
He also gave them a freedom to choose the path they wanted to go.
He said they could eat of any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You know the story! Instead of the abundant blessings that God had provided, they chose the one limitation.
God took immediate action. What seemed at the time to be punishment for sin was actually an act of Divine mercy and “tough love.”
“Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” Genesis 3:22.
God did not wish for man to live eternally in this sinful condition. Nothing could be more tragic than for man to live forever outside the fellowship of God.
God had a better plan—a plan of forgiveness, redemption, and eternal life.
So God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and locked the gates. There could be no turning back to the garden or to innocence. But God continued to love and watch over them and provide another way back to Him—the way of the Cross.
Although often misunderstood, “tough love” is a major part of everlasting love.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
DianeThe greatest example of “tough love” is found in the account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. God had created them, loved them, and instructed them to have dominion over all other creatures, to be fruitful and to multiply.
He also gave them a freedom to choose the path they wanted to go.
He said they could eat of any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You know the story! Instead of the abundant blessings that God had provided, they chose the one limitation.
God took immediate action. What seemed at the time to be punishment for sin was actually an act of Divine mercy and “tough love.”
“Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” Genesis 3:22.
God did not wish for man to live eternally in this sinful condition. Nothing could be more tragic than for man to live forever outside the fellowship of God.
God had a better plan—a plan of forgiveness, redemption, and eternal life.
So God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and locked the gates. There could be no turning back to the garden or to innocence. But God continued to love and watch over them and provide another way back to Him—the way of the Cross.
Although often misunderstood, “tough love” is a major part of everlasting love.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
DianeThe greatest example of “tough love” is found in the account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. God had created them, loved them, and instructed them to have dominion over all other creatures, to be fruitful and to multiply.
He also gave them a freedom to choose the path they wanted to go.
He said they could eat of any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You know the story! Instead of the abundant blessings that God had provided, they chose the one limitation.
God took immediate action. What seemed at the time to be punishment for sin was actually an act of Divine mercy and “tough love.”
“Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” Genesis 3:22.
God did not wish for man to live eternally in this sinful condition. Nothing could be more tragic than for man to live forever outside the fellowship of God.
God had a better plan—a plan of forgiveness, redemption, and eternal life.
So God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and locked the gates. There could be no turning back to the garden or to innocence. But God continued to love and watch over them and provide another way back to Him—the way of the Cross.
Although often misunderstood, “tough love” is a major part of everlasting love.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
DianeThe greatest example of “tough love” is found in the account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. God had created them, loved them, and instructed them to have dominion over all other creatures, to be fruitful and to multiply.
He also gave them a freedom to choose the path they wanted to go.
He said they could eat of any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You know the story! Instead of the abundant blessings that God had provided, they chose the one limitation.
God took immediate action. What seemed at the time to be punishment for sin was actually an act of Divine mercy and “tough love.”
“Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out and also take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever.” Genesis 3:22.
God did not wish for man to live eternally in this sinful condition. Nothing could be more tragic than for man to live forever outside the fellowship of God.
God had a better plan—a plan of forgiveness, redemption, and eternal life.
So God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and locked the gates. There could be no turning back to the garden or to innocence. But God continued to love and watch over them and provide another way back to Him—the way of the Cross.
Although often misunderstood, “tough love” is a major part of everlasting love.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
Diane