Day 2

Today’s Scripture (Genesis 3:20) was really thought provoking.  I find it interesting that Adam’s first act after the story of ‘the Fall’ is to name Eve.  It is different from his calling her ‘woman’ prior to ‘the Fall’ (Genesis 2:22-23).  That is a response to God’s gift and is a statement of joy over receiving a complementary partner.  His naming ‘Eve’  relegates his partner to a role (mother) and is an act of power over her (determining her place in relationship to him and the rest of society).  Unfortunately, we have simply accepted male domination/female subservience as God’s will.  I believe it is the exact opposite.  It is an act of violence against his partner.  As a man, this challenges me to think of my wife (and all women) differently.  My wife is much more than ‘mother”.  Women are more than a vagina.  They are created to be equal partners. To make them less than that is to ‘live out the Fall’ and is an act of violence against them.