Gen 3

I've been trying to spend more time reading my Bible.  I am a Christian, I try to live it, the last few years have really done a number on me.  To try to get my clarity of mind and spirit back I have been reading my Bible more.  I started trying to read thru the whole Bible in a year, but that was annoying.  You had to read so much in a day and I have very limited time with work and family...then I realize it's not how fast you read it, or the fact you read all the words in a year or anything like that it's that you read it and understand it and understand it's influence on your life.  So I have slowed down and started studying a chapter a night or as time permits.  I try not to exhaust myself but stay interested and understand the point.  Tonight I was reading Genesis Ch 3. I read it lastnight too but there was too much I didn't get answered so I reread it tonight.  This is a crucial chapter in understanding relationships!  The struggle between man and woman started here. Part of the curse that God placed on man for Adam and Eve's disobedience was that woman would desire to have control over her husband but her husband would rule over her and intern man would want to dominate his wife that is constantly trying to get the upper hand on him.  I think that men and woman suffer from this curse to varying degrees or maybe it's just their personalities.  My wife wants desperately to control me and she knows it finally. She used to deny it but now she at least will admit it.  I'm not perfect, but it's not really been a struggle for me to want to lord over my wife.  That said, I will concede that I do not like to be told what to do, be it from my wife or from anyone.  I'm not sure if that is part of the curse or not.  It is fascinating, however, that these struggles between man and woman are a result of the sin committed in the Garden of Eden.  This is a Biblical struggle that has been going on for ages.