In reading Genesis, it started out with God's creation and then him creating Adam and giving him the responsibility to tend to the Garden of Eden. After doing so, God gave Adam instructions and informed he that he could eat from every tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. I need to stop right there.... So I noticed that Adam was fine with these instructions... He didn't go curiously into the garden to challenge God's command.... It's funny how at times women can so easily sabotage, manipulate and demoralize men when half the time a brother just wants to go to work (for those who have a job) and chill.... Let me continue.
As I continued reading, at the ending of chapter 2, God creates Eve and this is where the trouble begins. I'm sure that's the same feeling some have about us when we come home from work, or your number appears on their cell phone... "he she go". Now mind you, God gave Adam the same command and before Eve arrived the tree of the knowledge of good and evil had been untouched. Perhaps we need to learn to keep our hands to ourselves... (I said this was going to ruffle some feathers)... So now Eve finds herself at the tree she's been instructed not to eat from and now she's in a full blown conversation with a serpent!! In having this conversation with my friend, I told her if I ever got the chance to meet Eve I'd have a lot to say and it probably wouldn't end well for Eve. I mean first off, I don't know too many people, let alone women, who would see a serpent and not run. This part of the story just didn't sit well with me. Sounds like many people I know, and in fact, I've been that person. Having full blown conversations with the enemy and then have the nerve to seek council from someone who doesn't have your best interest at heart. So instead of Eve either FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS, or going to God and asking for an explanation, she asks the serpent about God's order. Ha!! Sound familiar... How many WRONG home girls you gonna ask for advice and then blame them when the results aren't to your betterment? So basically, the serpent does his job and can I say it was pretty easy... With some of us, it don't even take much for you to be deceived. I'm sure many of us are dealing with the results of being easily deceived... Nonetheless, Eve eats the fruit. WHYYYYYY??? Why do we do exactly what we know we shouldn't and not only that we bring it back home!! To our children, husbands, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends and the side chicks too!!
The trouble didn't start with ADAM it was EVE!! Perhaps we as women have to get real with ourselves and stop blaming theses men and whomever else when we know it's us that can be just manipulative and vindictive as the serpent in the center of the garden. Since I don't mind being transparent, I WAS SO EVE and then I played the victim as Eve too. When she was confronted by God she ain't even apologize she blamed the serpent!! NO EVE, YOU HAD A CHOICE... So many of us have choices and we still want to taste the good looking fruit. And once we get a taste, we want to blame the tree!! Of everything I've learned thus far, this has been the most insightful lesson for me. So as always, I have good news... You don't have to be Eve. In fact, some of you reading this may need to go ahead and delete some "good looking fruit" from your phone, return that overpriced dress and have a seat....with me of course lol. This entire post was written just to tell ya'll DON'T BECOME EVE... we face the consequences of Eve's actions once a month and we really get it for those of us who have had to bare a child... 1 Eve is enough, we don't need anymore Eve duplicates out here.
-Nique
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