There are a lot of jokes and sayings that banter back and forth about the joys and struggles of being a woman or being a man; “Guys have it so easy, they know nothing about the pain of child berth.” “Wives have it so easy because they don’t have to face the world to make a living if they don’t want to” “Wow, the mood swings” “I’m gland I’m not a woman.” “Guys are so simple to please”…… and many more. For some, especially the young the thought becomes “maybe I should be a girl, or maybe I should be a boy. Life is rough so I should try changing who I am”. Unfortunately we now have a society that actually thinks that maybe we should let them try it. So, let’s be a relationally mature adult or parent now and look at some facts:
If I decide to change my identity, I am basically disagreeing with my Creator who put me together in my mother’s womb in the way He chose. Ps.139:13 He is the creator of the universe and all that is in it. I am His creation on this planet earth along with all the plants and animals. Gen.1 “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them and said to them,; ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it…..’. Gen 1:27,28.. So that was our first directive from our Creator. We did not create ourselves. I am only able to reproduce what he created. And even then, He is the One who places our eternal spirit within us. 1John4:13
Any time I think that I am in charge and will change how he created me (male or female), I am thumbing my nose at Him and saying I am going to be in charge and change myself into something You did not create. This is a bad idea and literally a dead end path I have chosen. Two of a kind or being a loner or sterile all end in the extinction of that family line. We currently have many endangered species because there is no available mate remaining on our planet.
As we think about this …. what maturity level is most likely following this dead end line of thinking?? Hmmmm … It’s definitely not a parent level of relational maturity ….. and neither is it an adult level ….. It is primarily a child level of relational maturity .. junior highers playing house and pinky swearing to be together forever ,,, and life is all about me in the now NOW NOW!!!
Taking it one step further… in the end (my end) ,,,, and I face my Creator and He asks me how I stewarded the life He put within me as a male or female, and did I bring life to those around me and in my care….?? Hmmm… As an elder I am currently contemplating this and I am walking the line of being the life giving father and grandfather to those in my life. I trust I have another 20years to make good on this!! He has a heaven for the males and females He created. And I am one of them!