“Did God say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.”’ But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Friday 14th February 2025 – GENESIS 3:1-8.
So, my dear friend, today’s teaching is a fine example of what is said in the Holy Bible, “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!” – PROVERBS 9;17.
However, in the secular world, the above Bible verse is corrupted to read, “Stolen kisses, just like stolen bread, are said to be the sweetest.”
There are over 2,000 fruit bearing trees and shrubs in the world.
Apple alone is said to have a range of over 30,000 varieties.
Now, there’s also mango, cashew, pomegranates, etc.
Each of these fruits have their different species and varieties.
So, if a man lives to be 150 years old. If as a child of 7 years old he decides to start tasting a variety of a particular fruit daily. Tasting each variety a day. That man would not have tasted all the fruits before passing away.
Nevertheless, at the end of such a wonderful exercise, it would amaze him to find out that all the variety of each of the fruits either taste the same or almost the same.
Now, imagine the above scenario and juxtapose it with what played out between the serpent and Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden.
There are all these trees, each in different shapes, forms, colours and several varieties. However, it is only the very single one that does not have any variety, fenced away with deathly prohibitions around it that became the most alluring to taste. After all, have we not said, stolen kisses, just like stolen bread are the sweetest?
The world population is estimated to be about 8 billion people, this is as of 2023. Of this estimate around the world, 4.05 billion are men and 4.01 billion are women existing on Earth.
Of this population estimate, there are more men in prison than women. There are more men at war front than women. Also, there are more celibate religious who are males than females.
Nonetheless, the humongous population, for those destined for marriage, a woman is destined for a man. Almost at par of one man to a woman.
Therefore, no matter how alluring, enticing and gracious another man’s woman or a woman’s man may be, they have since become that forbidden fruit fenced away.
Despite their availability, they have been consecrated to a particular woman or man. Steer clear!
My dear friend, the worse harm one can do first to themselves, second to themselves and thirdly to themselves is seeking someone else’s wife.
Dear friend, be wise!
Folks, have a fantastic day and a pleasant weekend.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
14th February 2025.