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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Wednesday, October 3rd. This week on the Catholic Sprauds podcast, we are talking about trust. On Monday, we looked at the profound example of trust that is our friend St. Teres. Yesterday on the Feast of the Guardian Angels,

we reminded ourselves that God is always with us and he knows us inside and out. Today, we are going

to talk about another important concept in the journey to trusting God. And that is that God really does want what is

best for us. In fact, he wants what is best for us and he knows what is best for us,

oftentimes much better than we know for ourselves. Now, the best example of this comes from way back

in the Old Testament. At the very beginning, God created the world, and into that world, he created a man

in his image, Adam.

Soon he created Eve, who was also in his image and the two would live together as companions

in complete happiness in the Garden of Eden. At this point, original sin had not yet entered the

world, so these two lived without sin, completely trusting

the Lord for everything. And as you might know, God had only one rule for them in the garden.

They could eat anything they wanted except for from one tree. God said, do not eat from this tree. And that doesn't seem like that big of a request,

does it? But we all know how this story goes. One day, Eve was tempted by Satan. She ended up eating

the apple. Adam ate too. They sinned. They lost their trust in God and they

were kicked out of the garden. What's interesting, though, is why Eve would eat that apple. Doesn't it

seem crazy that she would do that? God, who had just created the entire world,

had one small request. Just don't eat from this tree, he said. You live in a beautiful garden

that is overflowing with other things to eat. Just eat those things. That doesn't seem like that big of a request,

does it? Well, then why did Eve commit this sin? It's because she did not trust that God wanted

what was best for her. She thought she knew better and so she took matters into her own hands.

If you look at this story, it's at the very beginning of the Bible, at the beginning of the book of

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