Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Genesis 4:1-12. Let’s go!
Genesis 4:1 (NIV)
1 Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.”
On verse 1: Adam and Eve welcome their first child, a son. Even after they had sinned against God in Genesis 3, here we see Eve’s faith in the Lord as she name her firstborn “Cain” (which means “brought forth”), saying “with the Lord’s help I have brought forth a man.”
Genesis 4:2 (NIV)
2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
On verse 2: Abel (“hebel” in Hebrew) means “breath”. Especially considering that his life was cut short, Abel’s name reminds me of Psalm 144:4, which says “Man is like a breath (hebel); his days are like a fleeting shadow”. To me it’s a reminder that we have no control over the day of our birth and very little control over the day of our death, but what is up to us is how we live in that hyphen between the day of our birth and the day of our death. No matter how long or short our days on earth, like Abel may we live each day giving our best to God. When we do, it’s a life worth living, no matter how long or short it ends up being.