Glad to be Here!

When was the last time you thought about thanking Eve that we are here on this earth?  God made Adam and Eve and placed them in a beautiful garden where everything came easy and was provided for them.  They could have lived forever in this perfect state of innocence, however, they also had their agency.  I believe that Mother Eve realized that in order to progress they needed to experience opposition.  They did not know what joy felt like because they'd never experienced sorrow or pain.

Satan tempted Adam and Eve and they partook of the forbidden fruit.  This was God's plan for them, but He wanted the choice to be theirs.  Because of this choice Adam and Eve had to leave the garden and God's presence (also known as spiritual death).  They also became mortal and subject to physical death.  They now experienced pain and suffering, and had agency to choose between good and evil.  As dreadful as this sounds, they could also now grow and progress; and have children...so the rest of us could come to earth and receive a body and be tested.

Only through this way could we have the opportunity to become like God.  I'm so thankful that Eve was realized that.  Personally I think she was smarter than some give her credit for.