How Did We Get Here?(Part6): Eve’s Sorrow (Gen 3:16) 

Why is harmony in marriage so incredibly hard? Because husband and wife do not follow the roles prescribed by God. God designed man to lead in the marriage and family, yet one of the destructive consequences of sin is woman’s desire to control the man or usurp his leadership. Man resent this and responds. Here we have a power struggle for dominance. Here we have a recipe for conflict. This is the beginning of the battle of the sexes. Man must lead because God designed him to do so, but when man doesn’t lead a woman steps into the role. However she begin to resent him and he resents her for controlling him. It is only by the grace of God that marriage can be peaceful and joyous as man and woman follow the design of God in marriage.