Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 3:7 (New Living Translation)

At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.

Adam and Eve had just eaten the forbidden fruit. They now knew both good and evil. They knew they were naked.

They were embarrassed and felt shame. They immediately covered themselves.

Shame and embarrassment are odd things. You have to know something is right to know something is wrong. You have to know something is wrong to be embarrassed once you do wrong. You have to know that you have done wrong to be ashamed of your actions. Once ashamed you can repent and avoid the wrong. They seem to go around in a circle.

And then we go back and do it again.

What, oh what is wrong with us? We are doomed. We, however, are not doomed. The grace of our Savior keeps us clean in the Savior’s sight. Praise and thanks to God. Shame is not damnation.