In the beginning

Did you ever think about the order of creation? I have been giving it a lot of thought lately. God seems to have created the lesser forms of life first and then moved up the scale to the most complex. First the plants, fish, birds, mammals, and finally man. Well, not exactly. Woman was actually the last creature to come from God's creative hand. The height of His creation. Beauty at its best.

And did you realize that she did not even exist when God first warned Adam not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil? So why didn't Satan just go to the man and tempt him? Why bypass the one God warned and go to the woman?

It's only my theory, but I believe Satan knew from the beginning that the woman had the capability of reflecting the part of God's image that was crucial for  human survival...His love. Not that I think men do not have the capacity to love. That would be ludicrous. But women seem to have a depth to the way they can demonstrate love...the very character of God. And a mother's love is undefinable in its depths. Is that why God chose the womb of a woman to become incarnate? Did he not show His love firsthand in the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus?  Born of a virgin? So from the very beginning, the last of God's creation, the woman, was a threat to Satan. Is that why through the centuries women all over the world have been abused in many different ways? I believe it is. I am convinced  that if women can be made to feel "unlovable" and "worthless" then  they will not be able to fulfill their purpose: to reflect God's love on the earth. And Satan will have won.
But we know that will not be the case. More and more God is redeeming His daughters. Healing their wounds. Making them whole. Restoring their intended beauty. And we, the King's Daughters, are shining like a beacon, beaming with His redeeming love.