The Weaker Sex?

I may get in trouble with my own gender for this, but its true what they say....   women are the weaker sex.  I think though that when that saying started it was more about physical endurance and that's the part where I think we have a little edge.  I mean, we can do so much more physically with our bodies than men can AND we tend to outlive them.  However, what I refer to here is in reference to spiritual matters.

Look back to the original time of sin and who was singled out first?  The woman.  Obviously Satan felt he had a better chance of success with Eve.  Perhaps he even new that only Eve could persuade Adam to go along with her in that first human struggle with sin.  I don't think that trend has ever really ended.  Not that men don't have their vices too - I just think women struggle even more than men in this area.  Our sins may not be as obvious....  they are more internal and often even self induced.   They come in devious ways we often don't recognize:  low self esteem, feelings of insignificance, lack of self confidence, judgemental tendencies and control freakishness.

We also tend to struggle more with mental illnesses such as depression, OCD, bipolar disease and more.  We are more apt to find fault with things - especially with our men - and then we wonder why they don't engage with us like they once did.  We like to be the victim and blame others for our failures.  We also long for our men to step up and be the spiritual leaders of our household..... but - why would they when they've been led astray by us for so long ?  Why would they when we are so good at controlling things ourselves?

Now - don't get your feathers ruffled.  Men are most definitely NOT off the hook in my mind.  However, I am beginning to see things that I did in my past that actually became counterproductive to what I really wanted in my life.  I let things of this world become more important to me than what ~should~ be important to me.  I've been ambushed by the best....  the apple toting serpent has shown me many apples and promised much  knowledge and I let him tempt me.  I can't even say I was naive...  I was not.  I had been warned.  I knew better.

I say all of this not to let men off the hook.  God has given them very clear responsibilities and many of them are falling short as well.  Adam fell short in the beginning also.  Men will let us down - that's a given.  But part of that is due to the fact that we often place unrealistic expectations on them to begin with.  And that's just it.....  we can't be dependent on a man for our salvation.  We MUST step up!  I believe we are singled out by the serpent more than we know and we MUST equip ourselves to begin resistance training.  We must learn to resist his cunning ways and become strong in our faith.  We must quit trying to bring men in on our own sin!  It's only when we begin to do this that men can really begin to do their job - which is lead us spiritually.  Behind every good man is an even better woman.....  I believe that with all my heart.  Love with a 1 Corinthians 13 type love and strive to be a Proverbs 31 woman.  Only then will you realize the full potential of the man in your life. 

We don't have to be the weaker sex.  We are full of potential...  God designed us that way.  Time to step up.  Learn from my mistakes - I know I have.