LOL, I love it. That's what I'm talking about!!!
I think sometimes when we talk and even right, we tend to read between the lines and I am sorry if I have done so inaccurately. It is what i get paid to do and might be defined as a Spiritual Gift not being used in its proper place.
With that said, I agree with most of what you say, but we will have to disagree on this main point. Because of nature and how GOD designed man & women, we were built to serve different roles. The challenge is for each gender to embrace their roles and become stronger where they are weak. Like my wife & I, she worked as a Cash Manager, so i assumed that she could balance a checkbook. WRONG. Needless to say, I had to assume that role off and on until she learned & understood how importantly that responsibility was. Now she handles both personal & business. She still makes mistakes, but so do I. Where I am weak, she is strong and vice versa. Nonetheless, there is a leadership role, a headship role, a protector role, a nurturer role, a Ying & Yang role that women and men are naturally designed to do. God has challenged us to stay within our roles, which is the reason why our society is what it is.
It will come back to husbands & wives not understanding, embracing and learning their roles selflessly. It will come down to a man who rules as a dictator, versus a humble, diligent & selfless leader. It will come down to a man, not willing to assume the burden of being the head, dealing with the success & failure of ones family. It will come down to a women who believes that the guidance she gives her children & the respect she has for her husband will lay the ground work for generations to come. This is not to say that every woman should have children and every man should be fathers. I don not that every man & women should marry. Because of our upbringing and limited knowledge in both subjects (Marriage & Child rearing), the vast majority of the worlds population is not equipped to do either. THAT IS THE PAINFUL TRUTH. We have no problem getting a degree to make money, but how much time do we spend in learning how the LOVE Selflessly. How many people take a course on child rearing before they have children? How many people take classes on being a spouse, before they get married? How many people take a Bible study class that will equip both men & women to effectively do both???
Paul in the New Testament (paraphrasing here) states that it is good not to be married, but it is better to be married then to burn in your desires and be constantly tempted to sin. The problem is that most people don't understand that. Our society has us programmed and our upbringing might dictate that we need to educate ourselves before we take on this responsibility. However, we get married, have kids and don't understand what our roles are, which will create confusion & divisiveness.
I do a dang good job at showing & showering physical Love to my 3 children. Fortunately, the men in our family openly express Love verbally & through touch. There was a time, when my father was both father & mother and it made me a real man. But I see & understand that my kids will steal gravitate to mommy when they've got a Boo-Boo. Naturally, I cannot breast feed and can't have the natural connection that all children & species have with the mother. As a Father, I have to work at being popular in my family. But I also most be the disciplinarian. My wife can tell my children 12 times to do something and I only have to tell them once.
God has given us these roles, which at times we never fully embrace. Nonetheless, we must educate ourselves & embrace these roles for the benefit of others (our spouses & children).
I hope that explains my viewpoint and why my opinions on this matter are strong. We will probably have to agree to disagree, but I am comfortable that a mustard seed has been planted.
God Bless you and your family. Much success.
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