She has been ostracized and subsidized from what seems like the very beginning of her existence. Even to the point of being blamed for the "fall of man" from her "disobedience to God for eating of the forbidden tree of knowledge" and enticing her Husband Adam to do the same. It almost seems as though this accusation has set the stage for her to be treated like a second class citizen and being blamed for everything else that goes wrong with the world (even though it is the men who hold the guns and have been responsible for waging war after war from the beginning of time). A closer observation would not only reveal that nothing could be further from the truth, but also the gift of what she really is.
When we look at the cycle of reproduction, we can witness something so marvelous that it never loses its luster no matter how many times we see it: The birth of life. Man may plant the seed, but woman gives birth to life. We witness something in a woman that only she can provide due to her genetic makeup. We witness God at work creating. If heaven is a real place, the gateway to it resides in the womb of a woman. You have to wonder why would a baby cry once it comes out of the warmth and security of it's mother and into the cold world we live in? Even at an early age a child recognizes it is better to be in the womb of it's mother than it is to be in the chaos of the outside world. For a child, the most powerful emotion in the universe is learned from it's mother first. And there is no greater love than the love a mother has for her child. A mother is the 1st person a child learns to cry for. She is the first person we bond with. She is our "1st love."
The world we know today does not project that image of a woman at all. Today, we see her as a sex object in over 80% of the examples our society likes to use her in. From "Victoria Secret" to music videos and the like. From being a queen to being called a bitch (Many of whom have even accepted this title and use it to address one another out of "respect"). She has become a symbol of promiscuity and the face of inequality. All of this done for the purpose of endless promotion to the theory: "It's a man's world." The truth is, the world we live in would not be worth living in without her. She gives meaning to everything we desire in life. She makes a house a home. She makes food a meal. She can make your weakness become your strength. She turns like into love, and has the power to swing that pendulum in any direction she chooses. As men, we have the capacity to be real bastards, and from time to time we are. Even then she has the power to love, forgive and support us still. She has the power to be a wife, spiritual companion, mother, and above all a best friend...and she can give you all of that in one person. If that is not an image of God, I don't know what is. I do know this though. We need to recognize the proper place for women all over the world and never let her fall from that place again. Our world is fallen not because of what is foretold about her, but because of what we have forgotten about her. From man to woman, let today be a day of remembrance of how you are loved, cherished, and appreciated.
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