Chapter 2 – Beautiful by Design<\/p>\n
Genesis 3:20 “The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.” Footnote: Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living.<\/strong><\/p>\n What is the significance of Eve’s name? Eve is the mother of all of God’s children. The first mother. God created her that way. Genesis 1:27-28 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” <\/strong><\/p>\n The first part of God’s blessing is to be fruitful and multiply. Having children is part of our responsibilities from God. How well am I being a steward of my responsibility to subdue the world? How can my being a mother show God’s love to those around me?<\/p>\n Colossians 2:8 “See to it hat no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human traditions according to the elemental spirits of th world, and not according to Christ.” <\/strong><\/p>\n Does the world have parenting philosophies and traditions that I should be avoiding? The in thing to do these days is “be your child’s friend” as in never say no. But in the end, is that really being a good friend as the child never learns any morals or restraints? Materialism is everywhere I turn. How can I shield my family (how can I shield me) from that?<\/p>\n Romans 8:1 “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” <\/strong><\/p>\n This is such a great passage, but can lead you down the wrong roads so easily. This doesn’t mean I will never screw up or make the wrong decision. It just means that God’s grace will cover me. How can I ensure that God’s grace will cover my children? I can’t. All I can do is pray and try to be the best parent I can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chapter 2 – Beautiful by Design Genesis 3:20 “The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.” Footnote: Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living. What is the significance of Eve’s name? Eve is the mother of all of God’s children. The first…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[245,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-becca-2","category-faith","wpcat-245-id","wpcat-9-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p504YJ-1vh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5896,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2006\/08\/honoring-the-sabbath","url_meta":{"origin":5783,"position":0},"title":"Honoring the Sabbath","author":"Becca","date":"August 27, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently the topic of the 10 Commandments has come up in several of our small groups\/church things. I'm guessing God wants me to make a discovery here. So here they are: Exodus 20 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Becca"","block_context":{"text":"Becca","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/cat\/becca-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/SabbathRest4.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/SabbathRest4.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/SabbathRest4.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/SabbathRest4.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":962,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2011\/01\/living-on-the-edge","url_meta":{"origin":5783,"position":1},"title":"Living on the edge?","author":"Nate","date":"January 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been reading Bill Johnson's \"When Heaven Invades Earth\", which is a great book about the power the Holy Spirit makes available to Christians for the purpose of revealing God's nature and love to the world.\u00a0 One paragraph struck me, challenges me to look at my life, faith,\u00a0and my priorities.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Faith"","block_context":{"text":"Faith","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/cat\/faith"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5890,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2006\/07\/did-god-create-evil","url_meta":{"origin":5783,"position":2},"title":"Did God Create Evil?","author":"Becca","date":"July 4, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Did God create everything that exists? Does evil exist? Did God create evil? A university professor at a well known institution of higher learning challenged his students with this question. \u201cDid God create everything that exists?\u201d A student bravely replied, \u201cYes, he did!\u201d \u201cGod created everything?\u201d the professor asked. \u201cYes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Becca"","block_context":{"text":"Becca","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/cat\/becca-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5856,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2006\/10\/a-poem","url_meta":{"origin":5783,"position":3},"title":"A Poem","author":"Becca","date":"October 7, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The following is a poem written by Judge Roy Moore from Alabama. Judge Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are trying to strip his right to practice law in Alabama. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Becca"","block_context":{"text":"Becca","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/cat\/becca-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1042,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/whats-my-name","url_meta":{"origin":5783,"position":4},"title":"What’s my name?","author":"Nate","date":"February 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I received a word from God today during the praise and worship.\u00a0 I thought about sharing it with the church but decided not to because I remember hearing from others about the Sunday we missed on New Years.\u00a0 Basically the word I received was nearly the same message preached on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Nate"","block_context":{"text":"Nate","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/cat\/nate-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/testimony.jpg?fit=512%2C341&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5673,"url":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/2009\/01\/what-about-the-singles-and-couples-without-children","url_meta":{"origin":5783,"position":5},"title":"What about the singles and couples without children?","author":"Becca","date":"January 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Since Sam asked, I figured I better respond, but wanted to do it in a new thread. So here we go . . . First of all, let's establish God's heart on the matter of children. He LOVES them! - He sends them angels - Matthew 18:10 \"See that you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Becca"","block_context":{"text":"Becca","link":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/cat\/becca-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/testimony.jpg?fit=512%2C341&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themoehrings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/91iMHYd408L._CR00832470_SR684386_.jpg?fit=684%2C386&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31038,"href":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5783\/revisions\/31038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themoehrings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhat was God’s purpose for Eve? To be Adam’s companion, but also to bear his children.<\/p>\n