If Adam had not fallen. Part 5

If Adam had not fallen

Part 5: I mustn’t just complain; I must seek help

I’m aware that I’m complaining about falling when the simple fact is that human beings fall. My complaint is that human nature isn’t good enough. Therefore, I mustn’t think that the answer is that I will try harder than Adam, and I will succeed where he failed. I’m not saying that trying isn’t important. Any of us who are unhappy about ourselves – and we really ought to see this as unhappiness at the way people suffer because of our failings – should commit to changing. And the best, in fact, the only, thing we can do is seek help. Adam teaches us that our fallibility will trip us up from time to time, and our weaknesses will prove too strong for us. If our glory is that we want to be better people, our responsibility is to do something about it. The greatest resource we have to help us is our awareness of the presence of God. It is by tuning into his will, and tapping into the gifts of God’s Spirit that we find hope of remedying our situation, relieving suffering and finding peace of mind.