I have a Women of the Bible devotional that I recently started re-reading. When I bought it several years ago, I sort of skipped around and did more of a topical study and never completed the whole book. This week the book caught my attention and I decided that I would go through it in order this time. Naturally, the book begins with a study of Eve. Last night the reading was on the fall of man. Having grown up going to church, I've heard this story about a million times. It's easy to assume you already know everything there is to know about a Bible story when you've heard it more than once before. Of course, that's a bad assumption because God can always reveal something new to you in scripture, no matter how many times you've heard or read a certain passage. Last night I was really struck by Genesis 3:21. "The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them." In context, this is right after God explains what bei...
I hope your rambles have been sweet and your reveries spacious. - Emily Dickinson