I think so. At least, they seem more vulnerable to them. Maybe that's why 'the snake' in the garden approached Eve...not Adam.
One of the first things I do each morning is check-in at:
http://www.challies.com/ My absolutely favorite blog to watch!
His mother recently began her own blog and it's becoming one of my favorites also. http://gracelookingback.wordpress.com/
A few days ago, she wrote about "the snakes are still in the basement".
That brought back a vivid memory I have of the time I was about 13 and I saw a big Rat Snake in our basement at home. They're not colorful; long and almost black in color. We had mice in the house, critters out around it...this one was curled around a pipe through a window from the basement to outdoors. Just thinking about it makes me feel queasy. (short for Yuk-uneasy). The window was open...guess he was looking for his dinner. Sometimes they would lay on the sunny shore at the lake near our house...some had large lumps...maybe frogs hoping to get out?
Her blog entry is how we have sins (snakes) in our life but ignor or hide them (basement)--"many of the snakes are not put to death, but they can be so ‘neglected’ by us that they are rendered ineffective".
http://gracelookingback.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/snakes-and-sanctification/
God is the great Eliminator and Defender...in this life, I'll never be completely free of 'the snakes...sin', but I can run to Him and ask Him to take care of them, eliminate them or chase them away.
"I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock,, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge." Psalm 18
"If at the cross every sin was covered, Satan's mouth is shut. He has no weapon. He can gum you but his fangs are gone." - John Piper
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