Davep
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God created man and woman to be different. We approach life's challenges different in almost every way. Then is it any wonder that we approach God differently also?
Woman tend to feminize Jesus Christ, while men leave him as a masculine savior. Woman see Jesus with a nice white lamb and little kids sitting around him as he reads them Mother Goose stories, and his clothing is always wash and white. Men see Jesus doing a lot of hard tasks, fishing, traveling, debating, looking for a meal, etc. and He is dressed in dusty clothing.
Women pray for all their needs, Men if they pray only ask for general help or a blessing or what they don't have to complete the task, problem or puzzle. We only go to the Lord when we are really in a mess, and have admitted to ourselves.
So is it any wonder that a woman, looking at a young Christian man as marriage material, thinks he appears rigid, or not ready, or questions his future success as a mature Christian? For a man it takes time to learn to go ask God for help.
Remember Ladies, when you get married it will be to a man, we think and act differently then you do, on just about every matter. It is only after you two become one flesh, does the process of blending take shape.
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Janine
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Location: South Louisiana
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If, in the dim and distant past when I wasn't saved yet, I thought of Jesus as that flimsy feminine guy you see in some of the old masters' paintings, it was because I was Catholic and had not yet learned to search Scripture for myself.
I had not yet seen any painting or statue of the Lord done in any other way. He was either pitiable and weak, as in The Pieta, or silly-looking and weak, in almost any other old painting.
I never remember hearing any Scripture from the pulpit or altar, or any sermon or homily, that portrayed Jesus as anything other than a namby-pamby squiggle of a person.
No one taught me about how very strong in character He had to be, to practice meekness. No one ever reminded me of the great stamina He would have to possess, to have lived with and learned from and been a good Jewish son to a carpenter.
Heh. Looking at the out-of-balance portrayal of Jesus, it's a wonder anyone ever figures out how strong He was in the flesh as well as in the Spirit.
So, I see your point, Dave, but it's a very general point. I see nothing but balanced strength in the risen Lord now. |
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