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Mustard Seed May/June 2006
I Am Woman
Mustard Seed - May/June 2006
I am woman, I was created by the eternal from my husband’s rib. (Gen,2;22) I was created unique, not equal. I was created to be a helpmeet for my husband, (Gen.2:18) so he should not be alone. I was taught by the creator God as he walked with us in the beautiful garden he had created for us. (Gen.2:18). I was happy and loved. I was beautiful and intelligent, for you see I had the most superior of teachers, He left nothing unpleasant to me.
My husband was pleased with me, after God, I was the joy of his life. He wanted to give me my hearts desire, because I was everything he could want in a life’s companion. I was tender and weaker than he. He wanted to protect and cherish me because likewise he had the ultimate teacher. We both were taught how to love and cherish each other. His was strength, mine was the weakness (I Pet.1:7). Do not think weakness is inferior to strength (2 Cor.12:9). Rightly used, it is the suspension in a mighty bridge, the position of which if not correctly applied, can lead to disaster!
Within the beautiful garden, (our creator had provided for us) was an unusual tree. It was called the tree of knowledge of good and evil, (Gen. 2:9) so called because it was a test of obedience by which we were to be tried (Jamison, Fausett & Brown), of this we were not to eat, lest we die. This was our only trial. We had so many wonderful things this should seem unimportant, but we had been given a choice, and I was a free agent.
One day I was alone (unfortified) by the presence and council of my husband, for I had been instructed to seek wise council and there was none other than my husband and myself of humanity. My husband was about in his duties of tending the garden of the Lord, which was his employment. I was happily selecting fruit that we would enjoy upon his return. There were many things in the garden, which my husband had named, I did not know all of them, for I had been in the garden a shorter period of time. I was not surprised to hear beside me a voice, for I had known no fear in this garden of love. It was a pleasant voice with articulate sounds and questioned me upon the selection of fruit: “has God said you shall not eat of every tree in the garden?” (Gen.3:1). I replied that we could eat of all the trees except one, but this one we were not to touch or eat, otherwise we would die. I did not realize it then, but I was about to receive my first lesson in philosophy. For he began to explain my Creator’s plain instruction in other terms.
Centuries later, I was to understand the importance of having such a tool to use for my own advantage. He then offered to lead me to the true interpretation of my creator’s words. Believing him to be a messenger from my creator, I became a willing student. Although I had the ability to think and learn, I had not understanding or the knowledge such as my husband had received from God. I had a generous desire to please and impress my husband with my new knowledge.
In my frailty, the wise one recognized my subjective nature and set about to subvert my Father’s instruction. “you shall not die, for God knows that the day you eat of this fruit, you will become wise, and you will become as gods, knowing what is good and what is evil” come and see, find out which things are true or false, decide for yourself by empirical observation if this be nonsense.
I had no knowledge of what evil was, since I had been interested in righteousness, but his logic was impressive and I would like to be elevated to being like God. It would be nice to rule, surely that is more important than being a wife and mother. I was beginning to reason with my new instructions-------
One of many writings found in the papers of : Bonnie S. Baier
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