He waited in the garden
For her innocence to call
Determined he would be there
Enticing her to fall

He preyed upon her humanity
And inducted her into pride
Our Father who art in heaven
Oh, how You must have cried

It took but a moment
For mankind to fall from grace
He found them in the garden
Covering themselves in haste

His anger resounded throughout Eden
But still His love remained
Punishing because He had to
They bore sin's scarlet stain

Casting them out of Eden
How painful that must have been
Sealing up His wondrous creation
Never to be entered again

As they left the gardens boundaries
They felt the guilt and shame
Knowing they had bought their hardship
With the sin they could not tame

The sweet Lord still provided
Though an Eden it was not
Laboring with their bodies
Because they had chosen their lot

And unto them came children
She suffered them in pain
One boy she called Abel
The others name was Cain

One would honor the Father
His obedience could be seen
The other honored himself
And the finest he would glean

Abel fell dead one day
It was by his brother's hand
Oh Lord, it did grieve your heart
That You created man

God queried Cain of his brother
His answer was a lie
The ground gave up the blood
And the Lord heard it's cry

Cain then was cursed from the earth
A fugitive he would be
A mark was put upon him
For the entire world to see

Even though he had slain his brother
Compassion still God maintained
Sparing Cain's certain death
By the marking he bore, not in vain

This is the beginning of our history
And how clearly it does reveal
The Lord will always love us
And that, He will not repeal.