The forbidden fruit: Was it an apple? A pear? I heard of one man who speculated that it was a watermelon. He said that it must have once grown on trees, but was cursed as was the serpent to crawl on his belly, hence it was a watermelon. Of course, he was not serious. We miss the greater truth in the Adam story by our literalism. We miss the message. The real meaning of the forbidden fruit is that I am the fruit. I picked me over God. I picked my way over His way. All of us have repeated the Adam story. Is this not why Jesus said to deny self and take up the cross?
Father, may we follow Jesus, the Second Adam, instead of the First Adam. May we know that in denying our self, we find our true self. May we discover that in dying, we live. Amen.
(From “The Master’s Table”, by H. Lamar Smith.) View Here
