God's plan was and is that we, as human beings, would not only be created in his image and likeness but that we would share his very divine life as adopted sons and daughters.  To this end he made us into a new creation.  Such love is beyond our imagination and understanding.  Rather than be grateful, we wanted to know what was the catch.  It was too good to be true, to be taken on face value.  Nothing so great is that free.  We began to doubt, to question, to explore other possibilities, to investigate what we might be missing, to choose other options.  Rather than accept God as the infinite God and ourselves as limited and dependent creatures in relationship with God, we wanted to be equal to God, knowing what he knows.  Instead  we knew and experienced what God did not know, sin.  No longer sons and daughters we became enemies.  No longer sharing the life of glory,  but alienated and  driven into the life of darkness and death. (to be continued)