I can see how an acorn can one day become an oak tree ...but I don't see why some people make such an issue out of petty things, making a big issue out of nothing.

God does see.

An army officer may have us dig ditches, only to have us fill them back up again.

Why is that??

To dig down deep within ourselves ...and to fill us with discipline.

It is not a secret that we are being taught discipline ...which is critical on the battlefield, and it may save your life.

Discipline involves obedience. 

Adam and Eve may have felt they were outwitted, but they also learned the significance of how wrong it was to eat the fruit.

Though the event was crafted by the serpent ...it was still disobedience on their part.