Vegetarians? - Gen. 3:17

"All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it. It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains." Gen. 3:17

In ch. 1, God creates man and says, "Look! I have given you the seed bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food." While not conclusive, these verses seem to indicate that our original design was to eat fruits vegetables and grains -- basically, what the ground provided. The only indication of the death of any animal was when God created clothing for Adam and Eve out of animal skins. This design appears true even for the animals: "And I have given all the grasses and other green plants to the animals and birds for their food." Could it be that before sin entered the world, God's perfect plan was for humans and animals to coexist peacefully as vegans? Even in God's curse, he says man "will struggle to eat of its grains..."

Just an observation...

God, I know I commit the same original sin that Eve did in the garden nearly everyday--please forgive my weakness.

Today's reading: Gen. 3-5; Lk. 2