From the rib that he had taken from man, God the Lord made a woman and presented it to the man, who exclaimed: This is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She was called woman, because the man was taken out. Genesis 2: 22-23
Eve was the culminating act of God's creation. She was physically perfect, she had a brilliant intellect and possessed a great sensibility to appreciate all the love of her creator. In spite of that she fell into a trap. Dazzled by being supernatural that promised her wisdom extraordinary and power, diverted his gaze from God. The final result was the disobedience and as a consequence the separation from God.
When Eva listened and obeyed the serpent's voice, under the first rung of the ladder of human degradation, by her own decision she abandoned the special and privileged position that God had given her when she created it, to run her own luck. that very soon she realized her mistake, it was no longer possible to back down. The first effects of her bad decision were felt in her relationship with God, and almost simultaneously in the relationship with her husband Adam. Later, when her children they were born, they were also victims of their mother's mistake.
The disobedience of Eve was not premeditated. She was convinced that the will of God was above her own. However, without realizing it, she was cornered by the cunning of the evil one. The first step of her fall was to doubt the wisdom of God to trust in the insinuations of a stranger. The second step was to be seduced by Satan's proposals. The fruit was beautiful and indispensable to achieve wisdom. It was at that moment that Eva began to act on her own, and then the fall occurred.
Seduction remains one of Satan's most effective weapons; and we are his favorite prey. The danger of seduction is to think that, with the capabilities we have, we are self-sufficient to build successful lives. We forget that the price we pay is too high.
Eva had her time in the past, but today you and I are on the stage of life as protagonists. Let's think that the decisions we make today depend on our permanence in Christ and also that of our loved ones.