Silk and Purple - Dependence

Psalm 119:195 "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

Psalm 62:5 "My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him."

In the book of Genesis we learn about Eve. She was a very dependent lady. You may ask how do you see her as dependent. Well, think about it, she lived in the garden of Eden which had EVERYTHING she needed. She had all the beautiful flowers, delicious vegetables, the man that God had given her to. She didn't have to pull weeds or worry about thorns on the roses or anything that is thought to be "negative".

So when we look at Eve there are 3 observations to look at that not only she had but all women have.
1. Women are creatures full of pride.
Women many times have a hard time going to authority to ask for help.

2. Women are spiritually aggressive creatures.
We as women are more naive than men in many cases. I'm not saying we're dumb or stupid, men just are less naive in many area's than a man is. This is why Eve was so easily deceived by Satan. Because she, as we are, was more aggressive she jumped at the chance of becoming more spiritual, rather than going to her husband for help or better yet to God.

3. Women were created with natures which are more spiritually aggressive than men.
The author of Silk and Purple has 2 children and when she taught her children about Jesus and trying to teach that, Jesus is everywhere; her daughter took it right away and accepted the fact that Jesus was there even though she couldn't see him.
However her son, was like, he's not here because I can't see him.
Now not always is the response of young children the same, men however do think more logically at times than a woman and so therefore where a woman accepts, this for this, a man will say No, it can't be because......(and whatever it is).

In Genesis 2:15 God had told Adam to "keep" the garden.
Keep - means to protect.
Adam was to protect all that was in the Garden of Eden, but then the serpent, Satan, came in and he knew he couldn't go to Adam. Why? Adam had been given charge to Protect, keep the garden safe. Where as Eve was to enjoy all that was there, and she is the weaker of the two, although very dependent she was the one whom Satan convinced to go against what God had told them.
In the sense of woman being more spiritually aggressive we see this in Eve.
Eve was more spiritually aggressive with a desire to make quick, emotional decisions. Where as Adam was a little less spiritually aggressive in that he was hesitant to take the lead.

So lady as a wife and mom we are dependent, we are at times more aggressive in our spirituality. BUT we are to as a wife, depend on our husband who then depends on God. Now this doesn't mean we don't have to depend on God. We need to depend on God so that we can be the right wife and mom we are meant to be.

Because of our dependence we need to pray daily for God to help us to submit to our husbands.  Without our dependence on God, our marriage, our children, our own lives - as Eve - will be lost forever!