How did Adam feel?
Adam lived for 930 years. The vast majority of that was after the fall, where through his actions (or perhaps, his inaction) he condemned the rest of humanity to a lifetime out of relationship with God, and the hope of death, in his own pattern.
Did he spend those years pining for the relationship he had had with God in the beginning? One wonders if Cain or Abel was more like Adam. Did he offer genuine sacrifices in worship to God? Did he try to buy back a relationship with God through his offerings?
Did he spend it guilt-stricken, raising he had condemned all of humanity to his own death?
Were the arms of his wife warm comfort, or bitter reminder of his inadequacy? Did Eve end up being a good helper, or was God's label ultimately ironic?
All we have is silence. But we remember that God is good, and he gives common grace abundantly. We consider the decent from Adam to Cain to Lamech onwards to be a downward descent... So perhaps Lord Adam still had royalty imprinted on his brow, and had God-given--albeit sweat-earned--produce to enjoy.

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