...this book is written to women. I read it about 3 months ago, here it is directly quoted on a topic I was recently in debate in:
"When the world was young and we were innocent - both man and women - we were naked and unashamed (Gen. 2:25). Nothing to hide. Simply...glorious. And while that world was younge, and we, too, were young and beautiful and full of life, a corner was turned. Something happened, which we have heard about, but never fully understood, or we would see it playing itself out every day of our lives, and more importantly, we would also see the changes given to us every day to reverse what happened.
'Now the serperant was the shrewdest of all the creatures the Lord God has made. 'Really?' he asked the woman. 'Did God really say you could not eat any of the fruit in the garden?'
'Of course we may eat it,' the women told him. 'It's only the fruit from the tree at the center of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God says we must not eat it or even touch it, or we will die.'
'You won't die!' he serpent hissed. 'God knows tha tiyr eyes will be opened when you eat it. You will become just like God, knowing everything, both good and evil.'
The women was convinced. The fruit looked so fresh an delicious, and it would make her so wise! So she ate some of the fruit. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. Then he ate it, too. (Gen. 3:1-6 NLT)
Alas.
There were no words.
Wail: beat on your chest, fall to your knees; let out a long, lonesome howl of bitter remorse.
The women was convinced. That's it? Just like that? In a matter of moments? Convinced of what? Look in your own heart and you'll see. Convinced that God was holing out on her. Convinced that she could not trust his heart toward her. Convinced that in order to have the bets possible life, she must take matters into her own hands. And so she did. She is the first to fall. In disobeying God she also violated her very essence. Eve is supposed to bring him life, invite him to life. Instead, she invited him to his death.
Now, to be fair, Adam doesn't exactly ride to her rescue.
'Let me ask you one question: Where is Adam, while the serpent is tempting Eve? He is standing right there: 'She also gave some to her husband, who was with her and ate it' (3:6) The hebrew word for "with her" means right there, elbow to elbow. Adam isn't in away in another part of the forest; he has no alibi. He is standing right there, watching the whole thing unravel. What does he do? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. He says not one word, doesn't lift a finger. [I'm indebted to Crabb, Hudson, and Andrews for pointing this out in The Silence of Adam.] He won't risk, he won't fight and he won't rescue Eve. Our first father - the first real man - gave into paralysis. He denied his very nature and went passive. And every man after him, every son of Adam, carries in his heart now the same failure. Every man repeats the sin of Adam, every day. We won't risk, we won't fight, and we won't rescue Eve. We truly are a chip off the old block (Wild at Heart)...(also written by the Eldridge's)
You can see this play itself play out every day. Men, just when we need them to come through for us...check out. They disappear, go silent and passive. 'He won't talk to me,' is many a women's lament. They won't fight for us.
And women? We tend to be grasping, reaching, controlling. We are often enchanted, like Eve, so easily falling prey to the lies of our Enemy. Having a forfeited our confidence in God, we believe that in order to have the life we want, we must take the matters into our own hands. And we ache with the emptiness nothing seems to fill"
...the next part is called "The Curse" - if you have read this and want to read or know more contact me for sure.
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