It’s a general belief that the battle of the sexes started in the garden of Eden. Something about Eve getting Adam into trouble and getting cursed to be his eternal underling.
It’s also a general belief that at creation, men and women were equal, hence she was made from his rib, to spend her life at his side, as his helper.
This isn’t about equality, it’s about the anatomy of love as I see it. Today, I analyze the genesis of relationships, the crystal way.
If you don’t believe in creation as per Genesis, I won’t try to convince you. But flow with me for a few seconds. Catch a few lessons I pick from the garden. This is how I see God’s plan.
Number one. Adam was created before Eve, and was amused with a project – naming animals. Which took a while.
Lesson one : Games can keep a man occupied – for a while.
Then Adam felt lonely, he felt something was missing.
Lesson 2 : at some point in his life, a man will realise something is missing.
God saw that – He knew it all along, but He wanted Adam to see it too. He gave Him Eve to fill the gap. Not Steve, not a DIY guide to masturbation, not even Eve-and-Susan-and-Jackie-and…just one Eve.
Lesson 3 : A man needs a woman in his life, and not his mother.
Lesson 4 : Eve was created for Adam. So a man can live without a woman – for a while, but eventually, he needs her.
Lesson 5 : A woman cannot live without a man. [Don’t crucify me, I didn’t write it!]
In the Bible, there are several celibate men – whom God SPECIFICALLY ordered not to marry, and gave them the grace to do so. e.g Isaiah, John the baptist, Jesus. However, there are no celibate women, only religious widows, e.g Anna.
Lesson 6 : For religion, and only by God’s ordination, specific men can be CHOSEN to be celibate. But God intended women to be wives, and sometimes mothers.
In the beginning, there was Adam and Eve only, no parents, no siblings, no in-laws. That was paradise.
Lesson 7 : people can live without parents, without brothers and sisters, without family, but people cannot live without marital love. God didn’t plan it that way.
People waste a lot of time, money – and life – by trying to do things their own way, when the way is clearly mapped in the Bible. Think about it, you could save yourself a lot of grief.
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Crystal Ading' is a professional author, editor, rock lover and mother. Her work is available through threeceebee.com.