Broken Harmony

Your desire will be for your husband,

and he will rule over you. Gen 3:16b NIV

~~Broken Harmony~~

When I consider the fall and it’s consequences, 

how Godde foresaw that the man would now rule 

over the woman yet her desire would be for him, 

I see examples of brokenness in need of 

healing by the promised Messiah. 

Not only was male dominance a result of sin, 

so too was women’s longing for him in spite of it.   

Generation after generation Christians have 
confessed our sins and promised anew 
to live as Jesus taught us to.  

As Godde meant for us to be.  

We have used endless gifts of intelligence to discover

 and harness secrets of creation to enrich our lives.

To ease the pain of childbirth for instance, 

yet patriarchal dominance remains 

We are  mindful always of Christ’s enormous gift 

and sacrifice to bring us near to Godde.

Yet I wonder if we haven’t missed 

a great part of Jesus' gift.

The modeling of how we are to treat each other.

Jesus, the Promised Messiah, born a male mortal, 

did not dominate, did not demean or misuse women.

Rather, he listened and interacted with respect.

We still have much to learn as image bearers of

 our Creator. As redeemed children of Godde

 striving to live as folks redeemed and healing

 from the brokenness of sin.

                                                              JoMae
                                                              10/1/17