That's what Jesus died for -- to get us back to the closeness Adam & Eve had with the Father throughout each and every day of their lives before they blew it in Gn 3, amen?
Bass, I think that Jesus brings us to better than how Adam and Eve were; if we went "back" to how they were, we might just do the same thing. We need the character of Jesus which makes us obedient.
And, Gill, this is a point > your character has a lot to do with what you do, what you enjoy, now. Yes, God
"gives us richly all things to enjoy." (in 1 Timothy 6:17) But I see how ones can be "worried" about if God will approve of them enjoying some thing, like they might feel deprived and making a big sacrifice if He did not "like" something they do. I find, more and more, how if I am with God and loving, there are things now that I can take it or leave it, because God's love is so more and I don't need to be worrying about if I can do something or have something or not.
"be content with such things as you have" (in Hebrews 13:5)
If I can't be content with something or without it, this can mean I am somehow under the power of it (1 Corinthians 6:12, 2 Corinthians 6:12). This would not mean I need to stop or give it up, but that I get more mature in God's love with unconditional contentment, then discover how He satisfies and guides me, in Jesus Christ's
"rest for your souls." (in Matthew 11:28-30)
And we have what Bass says about power lines passing along poles >
wires tacked onto skinny sticks jammed into the ground by special heavy equipment designed to do only that
In Jesus, each of us is not alone, but we are like telephone and electrical poles, who are connected with each other. What we do in prayer is not by ourselves; what comes to you comes on to me. And because we more and more take an interest in other people, love has us satisfied to share in other people's things and interests, in order to be with them and minister to them . . . like I think Paul means >
"For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." (1 Corinthians 9:19-22)
For one example, may be I could care less about telephone poles, but in order to share with Bass, I might take an interest in phone poles so I can use something Bass understands in order to share about God's kingdom.
Possibly, Jesus was doing this when He used the vine as an illustration of how we are connected with Him (John 15). He might have been walking past a vineyard and He knew guys might be drooling for the vineyard wine they could be drinking; so Jesus talked about a vine, but in order to bring their attention to where we belong
So, as we grow in love's character, we will discover how our interests develop and how we use them. Especially, we need to become more about how we are all connected with each other, and not get isolated with our own interests . . . or our own praying and study > especially not to get into a set way, because while we might do some exact same thing, over and over, with God it can be unique how we do it, and creative.
