More questions than answers

:: S ::

God commanded the Man, "You can eat from any tree in the garden, except from the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. Don't eat from it. The moment you eat from that tree, you're dead." - Genesis 2:16-17, The Message

:: O ::

There are two trees. One the tree of life, the other, the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They were both there, part of the garden that God planted in Eden.

The life that God breathed into the form He created out of the dirt from the ground which made man come alive - to become a living soul - is that the same 'life' produced by the tree of life? Why is the knowledge of good and evil so deadly - that it would have the power to drain the life that God breathed into man?

:: A ::

More questions than answers abound as I read this account of Genesis 2, I must admit. What is this source of life that I need to draw from to be the living soul that God intended for His image to be? How can we live free from this power, the knowledge of good and evil?

:: P ::

Creator God, I want this 'life'. This life that makes me more than just a lump of clay taken from the dirt of the ground. May I discover what it means to be a living soul. Amen.