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b'After searching for hours, he finally found her sitting on the hill, squinting to see in the distance, past the fields and vast emptiness to the old place. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Do you think we\\u2019ll ever get back there?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d she asked. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153To the tree?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d He had tried. Many times. He shook his head and said, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153They will never let us back in.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d She lowered her gaze. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Then we will die.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d He nodded. That\\u2019s exactly what they had been told would happen.\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153But He loves us,\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d she said. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Why would He want us to die? Why won\\u2019t He just let us eat from that tree and live forever?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d The man surveyed the land where they now lived. Wilderness. Hard work. Storms. And thorns. So many thorns. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Do you really want to live here forever?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d he asked. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Like this?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d He rubbed the callouses on his hands.\\nShe shivered. It wasn\\u2019t like the garden paradise here. They were often cold and usually hungry. Everything ached all the time. She was tired and scared. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153No. I want to live there. Back in paradise. Like we did before the mistake.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d A coolness overshadowed them. It always did when they remembered the mistake that changed their lives. But oh, that fruit had tasted delicious. Her mouth watered, until she remembered the strange foods from the thorny field that they had tried to prepare for breakfast this morning. Her stomach turned sour.\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Maybe if we\\u2019re very good for a long time,\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d he said, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153maybe He\\u2019ll open the gate to paradise again someday.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d She smiled sadly. Good? Every day out here they argued. Sometimes they even yelled at HIM. Sometimes she lied, and they often fought over small things. She had seen him whip some of the animals in his anger. No, they could never be good enough to earn their way back to paradise.\\nThe woman wrapped her hands around her growing belly while the life inside her wiggled. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Or,\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d she said hopefully, remembering His promise, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153maybe He has a better plan.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d \\u2022 Heather Tekavec\\n\\u2022 Why were Adam and Eve sent out of the garden (Genesis 3)? What did God promise (3:15)?\\n\\u2022 God loves His people, and He didn\\u2019t abandon us after we went our own way against Him. How did God fulfill His promise? (Read Luke 1:26-38, Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:7-14, 23:32-43). \\nBut when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman\\u2026 Galatians 4:4 (NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nRomans 3:21-26; 5:1-10; 10:9-13'