🌿 Reflection:

The garden was full of light, beauty, provision, and one curious boundary. One tree. One command. One whispered doubt.

The first temptation was not a direct rebellion—it was a question: "Did God really say...?"

That’s how it often begins—not with defiance, but with distortion. Doubt that dresses up as reason. It doesn’t immediately deny God—it makes us wonder if He’s holding something back.

Eve’s response was honest, but Adam was silent. And in that silence, the serpent slithered through.

How often do we let silence speak when truth should? How often do we lean in toward what looks “good for food” or “desirable for gaining wisdom,” only to find it bitter after the bite?

And yet even in this moment—when eyes were opened and shame came flooding in—God was already preparing to cover them. The same God who formed them still moved toward them.