So, what of Eve?


As I think of her, I am led to believe that she must have been such a faithful spirit in the Pre-existence to have been chosen for this role. Could I have done it? I doubt it...that is why the first woman was not called Linda :-)


Eve was the mother of all those who would inhabit the earth. I wonder what she thinks of us now as she looks upon us? 


Eve had no female examples to look to and be taught by. She gained her knowledge from the Lord, and by personal experience. She had none of the conveniences that we enjoy today. In fact, she and Adam had to really start from scratch. They had nothing except the natural resources around them, with which to set up a home for them and their family. How inventive they would have had to be!!!!


Eve is unique...there is no doubt about it!! To be the first woman on the earth makes her such. Even the wife of Noah had her 3 daughters-in-law after the flood. Eve didn't have any girlfriends to share things with, to get advice from, to babysit for her while she went to the shop....oh wait, there were no shops :-)


I look forward to meeting Eve. How humbling it will be to be able to hug her, and thank her for her strength and dedication. I imagine her to be very Christlike in every way. I know she will be compassionate, because she had to endure much during her mortal life, including the loss of children, physically and spiritually. She will have a strength that comes from her many earthly experiences. She will be close to perfect....of that I am sure.


What can I learn from Eve?


I can learn to never give up, to be faithful no matter what, to realise that life was not meant to be easy, but to be a period of learning and testing.


I can learn that my role as a mother is vitally important, that I need to teach my children and be the best example to them that I can be (even though they are now grown men). Then I need to understand that they have their own free agency...like Cain. Oh Eve, how I mourn with you over him. How heartbreaking it is to watch your children stray from correct paths! Yet how you must have rejoiced over your children who did make the right choices...like Abel.


I wish there was more knowledge available to us about Eve. How wonderful it would be to know more about her so that we would have a greater understanding of our first mortal mother.


Eve is heroine in every way. I feel so sad for those faiths that malign her because of their inaccurate views on the Fall. She did what was necessary, and stands tall forever more, up there with the most valiant of our Heavenly Father's children.