“Have you eaten from the tree?” A simple yes or no would do. But the horse of shame has left the barn, and the man and woman respectively do what we all have a tendency to do when we are genuinely sought, even when sought in love. Our shame screams out in judgment of those closest to us. Sure, it is easy and common for us to judge those who are the furthest from us. But we reserve our most venomous moments for those that circle most closely in our relational orbits.
