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What was Christ’s heart for the church and can we as single women see that in a man?
Another very good question. You might want to get comfortable…this one could take a few pages to answer.
But first, I have some clarifying to do.
As
I’ve been talking with several DYSC’s, I’ve figured out that part of
the confusion about masculinity and femininity comes from our tendency
to see them as a collection of certain personal qualities or character
traits. My use of “strong” and “soft” probably headed us in that
direction.
If this were true, then we could “define” masculine
using a list of words such as brave, confrontational, decisive,
logical, and so forth. The list for feminine might include such
things as gentle, nurturing, intuitive, and cooperative.
The
problem with this is that men can be gentle and women can be logical,
and we certainly don’t want to imply there’s anything wrong with that.
So, I’ve come up with a new-and-improved definition of masculine and feminine!
Masculinity
is the way a man behaves in the presence of femininity.
Femininity is the way a woman behaves in the presence of masculinity.
There now. Does that help??? :o)
All
right. What I’m trying to say is that masculinity or femininity
only really happen when someone else is in the picture to interact
with. In other words, they don’t so much describe individuals as
they describe the two parts of a relationship.
Let’s look at a new-and-improved list.
Masculinity Femininity
Initiator
Responder
Leader
Follower, helper
Protector Truster
Provider
Enjoyer, appreciater
Can you see now how all those adjectives (like strong and soft) fit nicely into these roles?
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