The Role of Women

I've just started going through a book called, "So Much More." It was written by two girls and is about God's role for women. In that context, it also touches a little on men's roles, particularily fathers. So far it has been thought-provoking and true as far as I can tell. I will most likely be recording my thoughts on it here.

They touched one point that some people wonder at, are men and women equally important? If one looks at history, it seems people thought they were not. Biblically, however, they were. God believes men and women are equal, however:

(Quote from the book)
"But this doesn't mean our earthly purposes and functions are the same. Equal doesn't mean identical. God gives different abilities and different jobs, according to His plan for order. And men and women are different. God created them to be different. He called them and their differences, 'good.'"

In the garden, God made us to be helpers and men to be leaders. It was only after the fall that this changed. But even now women help men whether they mean to or not. Even when a woman is over her husband, she is helping him.

"Women can help men lead badly. They do this by taking advantage of men's weakness to put themselves in charge."

I've wondered what might have happened had Eve never led and eaten the fruit. What if she had deffered to Adam?

That's about all I have time to write, but I thought those were some good points.

~D.T. Faerie