Back and forth.
Back and forth.
Back and forth.
The fact of the matter is that our faith needs both the men and the women. Humanity as God intended included a shameless God-Man-Woman relationship in the Garden.
Men, relate and interact with God as men. What does this mean? I don't know. I am a man and I meet God through reading, engaging with film, music, and other bits of culture. I don't like hunting, fishing, or camping. But, I know other guys who love those things and meet God there.
Women, relate and interact with God as women. What does this mean? It is the mystery of which I have committed myself to in my marriage. My Bride is a mystery and her walk with God is mysterious.
The point is simple, meet with God.
Men, don't judge women becaues they don't interact with God as men.
Women, don't judge men because they don't interact with God as women.
It seems to me if we could begin to take Paul seriously in Galatians 3:28, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Then we might be on to something.
The Church, the body of Christ, the Ekklesia, is comprised of both. It is time we stop trying to figure out who should dominate the conversation. It seems to me that it's time for us, man and woman, to get serious about the mission that God has called us to. We need to go out on this mission together.
I am grateful for the women who lead with me. They offer a perspective I will never have. I appreciate the men who lead with me. They give me courage and confidence.
Christianity is not masculine.
Christianity is not feminine.
Christianity is.
This post deserves a [facepalm] and a loud, "Duh!"We complicate things way too much. What you have described is a no-brainer, except we (humans) are rarely able to be content with our own skin, let alone how someone fits in their own.
ReplyDeleteTrue that homey! It is very frustrating and sad.
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