Roles, for realsies

Last week i talked about the importance of personal relationships and how one in particular (the marriage relationship) mirrors God's image with the Trinity. I had said last week that the post would be about roles, and i went off topic...my apologies, i think this week will be more on topic. This week ill be focusing on the equality in personhood and importance between males and females.

Taking it back to the Trinity...The Father, Son, and Spirit have roles. Each one is just as important and special as the next, that's kind of how it is with males and females and the roles that each play. It would be really awkward if the Holy Spirit was the one to die on the Cross, and for Jesus to still be around in the flesh 2000 years later, right? It would be out of place and most definitely out of character, because the Spirit wasn't meant to die on the cross just like christ wasn't meant to still be here on earth. In the same way it is wrong and unbiblical for me (as a woman) to be the leader of the Bean household. Can i lead other things, sure, but not our household. Now does that mean that I don't have to pursue Christ with everything that i have because Jonathan is the spiritual leader...no way! In fact i have a responsibility first and most importantly to grow my individual relationship with christ, but also to grow with jonathan IN Christ as a married couple. Does that mean that jonathan rules over me with an iron fist and "puts me in my place" if i ever step foot out of the kitchen. Most certainly not, there is beauty and honor that come with both leadership and submission when lived out according to God's plan. Jonathan shouldn't lead harshly or completely by himself (because then he would be more like a daddy), just like i shouldn't submit out of fear or begrudgingly (because then i would be more like a slave).

Another thing, God created male AND female in his image equally. So were equally valuable and equally important which means, for example, that God cares just as much when men struggle with finding their identity and worth in respect where a woman struggles with finding her identity and worth in attention and being wanted. God's solution is the same for both...find your identity and worth in ME. When God created both men and women he uses both to reflect HIS character in both sexes in different ways that dont' need to be challenged because now we get to see a more full picture of the character of God.

So by having roles we get to see a bigger picture of the creator, who made us equal but with complementary differences.