The Seed

As I was sitting here this morning, I got a phone call that a girl in our church just had her baby. As I praised God for her, I began to reflect on Abigail and her first birthday just passing and how life and creation is just amazing and wonderful to me.
He said, "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children." Prior to their separation from God, it appears that the birth of every human child was going to be an extraordinary celebration of significance and joy. Each new human was to be built within the body of the woman, fashioned by God's design that she carried within. I am in awe that God our Creator, chose for women to retain the power of life. And although it was originally given to her, that power was compromised. Even though Eve sold her birthright so to speak, God has never removed this power of life. We as women, still carry the Seed.
Women want in. They want into the heart of the matter, into the decision making, into the conversation. This is from God. For as a man's helpmate, she was designed to be involved, valued, and cherished. Eve's desire ruled over her will to obey God. But God promised that the situation would not remain this way forever. There is the promise of redemption. Eve was built to help Adam accomplish the will of God. God said that the child built within the body of a woman would destroy the works and power of Satan's dominion. When I read this, I believe that it was the first prophecy of a coming Messiah, the Seed of the woman, who would restore all things. What Jesus did with the samaritan woman, He wants to do with all of God's daughters. He wants to restore their voices. The daughter of a lion is also a lion.