I was just thinking about the meaning of the creation story, a huge nuance that before today has always escaped me. I have to admit that I am a reluctant male chauvinist in this regard, because until today, as I push toward my 56th year, I never saw what was in front of me all this time.
God created Adam and I was taught by pedagogy and inference that this was the crowning achievement. I bought it, hook, line and sinker. Oh, and Eve is there, eventually, to do maid service and figure out how to bake apple pies.
Even if I elevate Eve to equal status in the story, I still miss the point. It was not about creating people with different parts. It was about creating a way for souls to know love! "It is not good for us to be alone." How compassionate is that!
My anthropomorphic little brain was so busy seeing God create humans that I totally missed that what God really created were lovers.
Blessings,
David
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