God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” – Genesis 1:27 We live in a unique time in history in which the topic of identity and gender is a lightning rod for fierce discussion and debate. Never before have we carried such passionate thoughts and opinions about what it means to be a man or woman. Never before have those views been so diverse and our comments so divisive. In the midst of this climate it is hard to see what is right, know what is true and celebrate what is beautiful.
Our Mission: Gracefully Helping People in a Distracted World embrace their role in God’s Story
Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster, co-authors of Mean
Girls at Work: How to Stay Professional when Things Get
Personal, state, “women are complicated. While most of us want to
be kind and nurturing, we struggle with our darker side – feelings
of jealousy, envy, and competition. While men tend to compete in
an overt manner – jockeying for position and fight to be crowned
“winners” – women compete more covertly and behind the scenes.
This covert competition and indirect aggression is at the heart of
mean behavior among women at work and life.”
Men pendulum between tyranny and passivity under the curse.
Women struggle with disordered desires that ping-pong between comparison and condemnation.
Genesis 1:27 ESV
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Women are Created to:
2. Exhibit Mystery
3. Create Intimacy
4. Provide Tranquility
They fight ‘aloneness’ so their makeup is an INTIMACY IMPERATIVE
Genesis 2:18 ESV
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Women Fight for Oneness:
Verbally
Emotionally
Wholeheardly
Experentially
Genesis 3:16 ESV
16 To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children.Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”
Disordered Desire manifest in Two Buckets;
1. Comparison
2. Condemnation
2 Corinthians 10:12 AMP
12 We do not have the audacity to put ourselves in the same class or compare ourselves with some who [supply testimonials to] commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they lack wisdom and behave like fools.
1. Repeat Truth not Lies
2. Look in the Mirror
3. Kill Comparison with Contentment
4. Saturate yourself with Satisfaction