1) Exploring different variations of faith
Most men are cerebral. They are the sum of their thoughts. Faith for men
starts in their brain. At some point, their confession of faith eventually
drops into their heart, where faith becomes reality. Until the Spirit apprehends their heart, displays of emotion make men feel uncomfortable, even threatened, by their emotional female counterparts.
Most women are emotional. We are the sum of our feelings. So, faith is a
feeling for us. My brother asked me once, “How did you know there was a
(spiritual) barrier there?” I replied, “I felt it”. Every moment, of every day,
feelings are who we are—and sometimes get us into trouble if we do not apply
the fruit of self-control. Until our men can accept our feelings on the same
level as they accept their thoughts, we’ll have to look to another Man for
emotional support, Jesus. He felt sorrow. He wept. He agonized in the Garden. He
felt abandoned by the One upon whom he had come to trust. So, who better to
understand and empathize with us than the person we call Lord and Savior?
God does not make mistakes. We are created to be both rational and
emotional human beings. Truly we are meant to embrace both areas of our
human nature? That is, until we accept, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave
nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ” (Gal. 3:28 NIV). To
be “one” takes another leap of faith for both genders.
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