October 26
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GENESIS 3
16 To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children.
Your desire shall be contrary to your husband,
but he shall rule over you.” – Genesis 3:16
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GENESIS 3 THE CURSE ON THE WOMAN
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
When Eve caved in to the temptation of the serpent
She had no idea what she had done that caused a ripple effect
Because of her disobedience and her lust for knowledge
God gave her the curse that was passed on to all women.
All women will suffer labor pains when they give birth to their child
Thus, all of those mothers-to-be will go through that same birth pains
Women will also have this natural yearning to go against her husband
But it will be futile because God directed men to be the head of their wives.
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To all women, can you imagine what it would have been like if Eve didn’t give in to the temptation of the serpent? Birthing a child would probably be painless and we will have no tendencies to control our husbands. It was the woman that the serpent targeted to victimize first. Imagine if the serpent went straight to the man? It would have been different.
In our world, it is usually the weaker ones that become the aim of the enemy to prey on.
It was the vulnerable that the serpent slithers his way into enticing them to sin. So many weaker beings are used by the enemy so that his tactics will be less obvious. The longer he hides it from his actual target, the more victims will he catch.
It took me awhile to understand why a lot of women including myself have this tendency to oppose our husband and take control of some things in our marriages. I didn’t understand why my mother dominated my father often. Until I read these verses on the curse of women, it finally dawned on me that it was in women’s nature to do so.
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REFLECTION
• How can we as women believers go against this nature to control our husbands?