Five Minute Friday: Reach

8/29/2014

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This week the word is REACH.
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Reach.. when I first saw this word I thought to myself Reach??? What in the world can I talk about with reach?

So I defined it.
Reach.
stretch out an arm in a specified direction in order to touch or grasp something.
This of course made me think back a book the lad and I have been reading where when God made the animals, he made them to eat the plants of the field. EVERYTHING ate plants. Not just critters like cows and rabbits, but critters like lions and spiders and so on.
Everything ate plants
And then....
Eve reached out and grabbed the fruit.
She passed it over to Adam.
Sin.

Sin changed it all you know.
Sin changed our bodies to need more protein than most plants can provide, meaning meat becomes a necessity.
Sin changed the shape of teeth to make them more fit to eat meats.
Sin changed it all.

Amazing how one act of reaching for the WRONG thing changed the entire world.
People hate, steal, lie, are cruel to each other and animals.
Animals eat each other instead of what they were originally designed to do.

Sin. That's what it boils down to. The sin of reaching out for the wrong thing.

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Pattyann link

8/29/2014 01:42:33 pm

Yep, we reach out in sin, and than hopefully, reach out for forgiveness. Aren't we so blessed that He loves us. Thank you for your words today.

annette @ A net In Time

8/29/2014 02:33:57 pm

Yes, it would be good if we all reached out for forgiveness. Sadly too many of us still reach out for that wrong thing. not seeing the repercussions of it....

Marisa link

8/29/2014 01:45:16 pm

I love your perspective on this prompt. I am sure many of us wrote about reaching potential or heaven, but you turned it around and let us see that we are ever changed because of one reach for sin. Thank you Friend!

annette @ A net In Time

8/29/2014 02:35:10 pm

Marisa.. thank you for your words. My son was standing next to me saying Mom.. we read that.. how animals ate plants when God made the world. Are you telling people that? Yes son. OH.. that's good mom.
We are forever changed indeed.

Jodie Dye

8/29/2014 04:22:37 pm

Good Word!

annette @ A net In Time

8/30/2014 03:00:59 am

thanks for stopping in Jodie. Perhaps you should join us in a five minute friday post. :)

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