And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:16-17)

“It is not accidental that the biblical story of the Fall is centered again on food. Man ate the forbidden fruit. The fruit of that one tree, whatever else it may signify, was unlike every other fruit in the Garden: it was not offered as a gift to man. Not given, not blessed by God, it was food whose eating was condemned to be communion with itself alone, and not with God. It is the image of the world loved for itself, and eating it is the image of life understood as an end in itself.” Alexander Schmemann

The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.

Revelation 22:17

A Christian is a person who takes refuge from God (his wrath) in God (his grace).

Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found. (Psalm 32:6)

What pleases God?

Answer: going to him with your need.

“Likeness comes from liking. We grow to be like that which we like.”

Augustus H. Strong

Or

We become like what we worship.

“Hiding your sin is like gluing wallpaper over a moldy wall.”

then he rejoiced and stacked even more sats

once upon a time there was a guy who started learning about bitcoin. he bought at $54K....and shortly thereafter he noticed that the price was $16k. several years later, he noticed that the price was at $108,000. then it crashed to $86K. so, yah. he didn't sell.

the end.

"My denial of my sin protects, preserves, perpetuates that sin! Ugliness in me, while I live in illusions, can only grow the uglier."

W. Wangerin

"God created Adam hungry." Peter Leithart