The Way We Are

At church this past Sunday our Senior Pastor talked about men and women working together with the common goal of serving God. He said each couple should have a purpose statement to help define where the family was going. Good idea.

He also talked about the roles each gender has. It’s always an interesting subject because trying to tell a strong, independent woman in 2007 that she has to be the man’s “helper” is like trying to pick up a turd by the clean end.

The Pastor said that the man is responsible for the spiritual well being of his family, which I believe. He said that even though it was Eve who ate the apple first, it was Adam who bore the mantle of responsibility in the end.

My wife and I talked about the sermon later that night; she liked the part where the man is ultimately responsible for everything. My response was “well then stop making me look bad in front of God”. That kept her laughing long enough for me to come up with a real answer.

It’s not rocket science, really. Men and women are different. We act differently; we think differently, we view life differently. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. The world wouldn’t go ‘round any other way.

“God, thanks for making men and women so different. Bless us as we continue to try and figure each other out! Amen”