Genesis 3: He Loves Anyway

It’s easy to project imperfect, unsanctified human frustration and anger onto our perfect God in this pivotal chapter about mankind's fall in the Garden of Eden.
Maybe we picture a stern father stomping up the stairs to angrily tell his kids for the umpteenth time to be quiet and go to sleep. Or standing with hands on his hips, impatiently tapping his foot and snarling, “Come here right NOW! You’ve really done it this time. You are in BIG trouble!”
But that's not God.
There's a whole lot of pure love in this tragic chapter.
Adam and Eve had permission to eat from every tree of the garden except one--the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Every other one. 
God is generous.
God wanted to protect the couple from the burden that comes from knowing about good and evil. I watch the news on TV and I sure wish I didn't bear that burden.
Here's the thing that Adam and Eve forgot: When God says “don’t,” He’s always saying, “Don’t hurt yourself, don’t bring death into your heart or your relationships or your life.” 
God is protective.
The omniscient God obviously knew Adam and Eve had disobeyed Him and eaten the forbidden fruit, but He came to them in Person anyway. He could have sent a big, scary angel, but He didn't. He came, Himself.
God is personal and relational.
Immediately after the fall, God's first judgment was levied upon the one who had marred His creation and tempted His beloved Adam and Eve into rebellion—Satan.
God loves us passionately and hates the sin that tries to destroy us.
God could have crumpled up His creation like a bad drawing and tossed it in the trash, but He didn’t. He already had a plan in place to redeem it. So, in Genesis 3 we see God adapting to the new, heartbreaking “normal” and making garments of skin to clothe the naked Adam and Eve.
God provides.
God’s next order of business was to make sure that Adam and Eve didn't also eat from the tree of life in their fallen state and get miserably “stuck" for all eternity, so He removed the couple from the Garden and stationed angelic guards to keep that from happening.
God protects.
I’m sure it was excruciating for God to watch this all unfold (even though He knew it was going to happen), but our rebellion didn’t extinguish His love. He found even more ways to express it.
The curses are here and are real … but so is the love of God.
His love doesn't begin or end because He doesn't begin or end. He is love.