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The First Parent

Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought
that even God's omnipotence did not extend to his kids. After creating heaven
and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said to them
was: "Don't."

"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit."

"Forbidden fruit? Really? Where is it?"


"It's over there," said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making
the elephants.

A few minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and he was
angry. "Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?" the first parent asked.

"Uh-huh," Adam replied.
"Then why did you?" "I don't know," Adam answered.

God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own.
Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.

But there is a reassurance In this story. If you have persistently and lovingly

tried to give them wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself.
If God had trouble handling children, what makes you think it would be a piece
of cake for you?

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