Lately, I have been learning about the differences between men and women. And, I can't say I am a complementarian or egalitarian, because I am beginning to believe that God made a woman because Adam was lonely, and needed someone who could understand him and he could tell about the billions of animals he named in the last hundred years, and someone to experience with him the incredible love of God that was being poured out on them before the Fall. BUT, while I believe Eve did "complement" Adam in a way, she was completely equal to him, and God didn't make Eve someone else for Adam to be in control of. She was there to help Adam watch over everything else...she was equal to him in God's eyes.

And I think not understanding the opposite sex is a common feeling for most people. And I think in spite of our differences, there are certain things that tie us all together as humans, providing something common for us to understand each other. Maybe we are all unique, but we still share desires, drives, fears and loves that makes us understand each other, male or female.

Despite begin male or female- we love those who are given to us even if we can't keep them safe. Male or female- our hearts break for the people that are suffering around us, and far away from us. When we feel everything is lost, we all throw broken prayers up hoping there is a God who hears. We give time, tears, money. We all lay awake in the night. We all toss our love into the darkness, with nothing except a tiny sliver of white hope that we will succeed or what we do will matter-even if we know we will definitely fail, we would do it all anyway. Male or female, we will continue t0 be true to the Love that calls us out of darkness.

(inspired by Donald Miller and Kristen McCarty)