Eve in Contemplation

Eve in Contemplation
By Jenny Komenda (after Paul-Albert Besnard)

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Genesis 3:6-7

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“Eve set the pattern. In addition to bearing children, she mothered all of mankind when she made the most courageous decision any woman has ever made and with Adam opened the way for us to progress. She set an example of womanhood for men to respect and women to follow, modeling the characteristics with which we as women have been endowed: heroic faith, a keen sensitivity to the Spirit, an abhorrence of evil, and complete selflessness. Like the Savior, ‘who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,’ Eve, for the joy of helping initiate the human family, endured the Fall. She loved us enough to help lead us.” – Sheri Dew

“Eve is the heroine who led the way into this obstacle course of mortality… What could be more Christ-like than her sacrificial decision to seek the redemption of our Father’s family rather than avoid the bitter cup? … She did not leave the garden for trivial, selfish gratification, but to open the way for the birth and rebirth of the whole human family.” – Truman Madsen

“We celebrate Eve’s act and honor her wisdom and courage in the great episode called the Fall.” – Dallin H. Oaks

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