Post 2 - Jasa Harris

It begins with God creating the light, dividing time into morning and evening. Then God divided the waters into the seas, separated Heaven from earth, and created grass, fruits, trees, animals and other living creatures, and finally man. It picks up on the seventh day, where God’s work is done. He makes this the holy day. God brings to life all of the creations from Genesis 1. He formed man from the dust, raised trees from the ground, and then created the rivers. The first man became known as Adam. God took Adam into the Garden of Eden to dress him. He instructed Adam he could eat from every tree except for one, and that if he did eat the forbidden fruit he would die. To keep him company God created all the creatures, and Adam named them. After putting Adam under a deep sleep, he created a woman out of his rib and declared them husband and wife. Then a serpent tries to trick the woman into eating from the forbidden tree, telling her that she won’t die and will actually become God-like. She ate the fruit and gave her husband some as well. God found out that they’d eaten from the forbidden tree. God punished the serpent, and the woman. The serpent is cursed to slither on its belly and eat only dust. God declared that he would multiply the woman’s sorrow, make childbirth painful, and make her submissive under her husband.

My origins:

My life is pretty different from Adam and Eve. I was born in Lexington, KY to Tara Harris and Ruben Mitchell. My mother is from Harrodsburg and my father is from Lexington.  I was the fourth of five kids (1 older brother, 2 older sisters, and one younger sister). Growing up with so many siblings, I’ve gotten into several arguments. I have lived here my entire life, and have lived a pretty unremarkable, average life up until this point.