Men and Women

What a struggle. Men, women. Women, men. Our roles are so messed up in today's culture. Men don't want culpability. Women don't want it either, but so many have to deal with it through single motherhood, then we botch it up too. Men are leaders at work, classic aggressors. Women want to be, but lead through manipulation. Then you have those who swap roles. We base love on looks and feelings. We both have sex freely, in the name of love.

Read this post at desiringgod.com today, and thought it had a great quote about men and women:

"So should we try to rewind the tape and try to squeeze every woman back into the “Leave it to Beaver” mold? No. We can’t hope to get womanhood right until we understand the ultimate object to which it points. When God created male and female, He provided an object lesson—a parable, as it were—of His entire redemptive plan. Men are to reflect the strength, love and self-sacrifice of Christ. Women are to reflect the character, grace and beauty of the Bride He redeemed. Ultimately, womanhood exists to help display the masterpiece of God."

That is amazing. What is womanhood? It can't mean what I think it means because my definition is so twisted based on my own failings as a "woman" (whatever I define that as). It MUST be defined by God's definition, and how true to use the example of the Bride and Christ. The bride, in many circles, is defined as the church, but it seems to me that marriage itself should reflect this relationship as well.

Character, grace, beauty. Which I don't have (as myself), but through Christ...I have it all.