Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 4:10-12 (New Living Translation)

10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground! 11 Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood. 12 No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”

God confronts Cain after he had murdered his brother Abel. The ground had swallowed Abel’s blood because of Cain. The result was that God was banishing Cain from the ground. The ground would no longer accept Cain’s labor and return life in the form of food.

Cain’s sin separated him from the blessings of God’s creation.

What about me? Today? Has my sin separated me from the pure blessings of God’s creation? I look out the window and creation seems pretty darn wonderful. Could it, however, be much more? Perhaps one day I will know. Sorry, once again I don’t have answers to the questions I pose.