Adams’ Dilemma (In the Garden)

When Adam first laid eyes on Eve, did he know she was the one?
Did he marvel at such beauty? Was this a love true?

Or is it that he had no one else to compare her to?

Maybe she wasn’t beautiful.
Maybe she wasn’t to his standard.
Could he have said to God, she’s fine, but I had another image in mind.

Could he have asked God to create three or four women, so he could have a pick of his choosing?
Maybe he just figured beggars couldn’t be choosers.

Why did Adam really disobey God?
Was his love for Eve as such?
He did everything God asked of him, up until this point.

Maybe Eve had an attitude and wouldn’t listen to reason.
Maybe he took a bite of the fruit, so not to make Eve mad, so she wouldn’t leave him.

Did he remember how lonely he was before,
And told himself that they just needed some time to adjust?
After all, this is bone of his bones, flesh of his flesh.
If there is such a thing as a perfect match, this would be it.

So maybe he did love Eve as much.
However, when God questioned Adam about the tree.
He immediately gave her up, as if she were a stranger that he’d just met.

Whether he thought she was beautiful or not.
Even if his love for her wasn’t true.
And maybe, Eve herself had a different image in her mind too.
God made only one woman and one man.
So, what else could they do?

I don’t know what I would’ve done in Adams’ situation.
Well, perhaps, when God questioned me about the tree.
I would’ve at least given a hesitation.
But who knows how one would handle circumstances such as
this.

To love Eve, or to be lonely.
To lie to God, rather than to be honest.
Like Adam, we all just want to make a living.
But what if before we could, we had Adams’ dilemma.