{"id":305386,"date":"2019-10-01T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/using-your-gifting\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T00:16:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T04:16:59","slug":"using-your-gifting","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/using-your-gifting\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Your Gifting"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abigail Dodds says that despite the culture&#8217;s depiction of women as warriors, women&#8217;s bodies were made to do something very different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2019-10-01.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:24:49","filesize":"22.72M","filesize_raw":"23828118","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2848,2831,2093],"tags":[5315,6745,4001],"podcast_series":[8305],"cwp_profile":[9561],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-305386","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultural-issues","category-wives","category-women","tag-gender-differences","tag-gods-design-for-women","tag-women","podcast_series-atypical-woman","cwp_profile-abigail-dodds","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/305386\/using-your-gifting","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/305386\/using-your-gifting","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ij2b82sHjN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/using-your-gifting\/\">Using Your Gifting<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/using-your-gifting\/embed\/#?secret=ij2b82sHjN\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Using Your Gifting&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"ij2b82sHjN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I\u2019m Bob Lepine. Men and women are clearly biologically different. Should we understand some deeper reality as a result of that, or is it just simply a matter of anatomy? We\u2019re going to talk about that today with Abigail Dodds. Stay with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. So, I\u2019ve got a\u2014I\u2019ve got a fastball to throw\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Oh no! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014to start today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Throw it toward Dave! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> No; I\u2019m going to throw it toward our guest. Do you think that\u2019s mean to do? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; that\u2019s the way to do it. Throw it toward our guest. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> She can handle it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Abigail Dodds is joining us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Welcome back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Thanks for having me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Do you feel comfortable with the fastball coming your way? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> I\u2019ll do my best. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Fastballs, you know\u2014baseball, Bob. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They can hit them out of the park. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You can hit them out of the park. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Curveballs are a little harder. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014a little harder.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Is this a fastball or curveball? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I think this is probably a fastball. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Alright. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay? But\u2014and I\u2019m going to have you guys chime in on this as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, this goes back, maybe, ten years; and this kind of erupted into an online controversy. Here\u2019s the story: A guy and a girl meet at church, and they get to know one another. After they met one another, the guy says, \u201cDo you want to go to lunch after church?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m waiting to see if Abigail\u2019s going to smile because she knows this story I\u2019m getting to. So, on their way to the lunch, they\u2019re talking; and he finds out that she\u2019s a six-degree black belt karate champion. In the meantime, he\u2019s kind of\u2014he\u2019s just not as outdoorsy, or as athletic, or as fast; right? Somebody jumps out to mug them. [Laughter] Should the guy get between the attacker and the girl?\u2014or should he say, \u201cYou\u2019re the black belt!\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, where did that illustration come from? Are you going to tell us? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Well, I\u2019m pretty sure that came from Pastor John Piper. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; it did come from Pastor John Piper. He had an answer for that; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What was his answer? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> His answer is: \u201cMan, step up there!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You remember\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> And if she wants to give some assistant kicks, all the better. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Do you remember how many people\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; there were\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014shrieked at that? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014people really upset about that; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> What\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Were they? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014What were they upset with? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If she\u2019s the one who is trained and capable, and she\u2019s got the gifting to do this, the guy should get out of the way and say, \u201cYou\u2019re better at this than I am.\u201d To not do that is to dishonor and devalue <em>her<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I want to hear what my wife would say. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Well, my first thought was\u2014if the guy is bigger and weighs more, then he has more of a chance in some ways. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Let\u2019s turn it down. Let\u2019s say he is a small, skinny guy like Dave; okay? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! [Laughter] That was good, Bob. Let\u2019s go right now\u2014you and me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> My man could always protect me, Bob. I think that Dave would step into that situation in spite of his size or his skill because I think it\u2019s part of who he is, as a man. For Dave, he would step in as my protector. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, that\u2019s the point John Piper was trying to make\u2014that that is what men ought to instinctively do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, I know me. I would have said, \u201cLet\u2019s go,\u201d with my wife. I\u2019d be like\u2014I\u2019d step up, and I\u2019d grab the guy and say: \u201cYou take him out. I\u2019ve got a hold on him.\u201d [Laughter] But I would have done it as a team\u2014I really would have. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You\u2019d have teamed up to do it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> As a man, I know I would have aggressively moved; but I would have wanted to use her assets in the same way. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s interesting\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Unless she wants to not be a part of it. I\u2019ll protect her if she wants to run away, but I\u2019m guessing she\u2019s going to\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> She\u2019s got a few kicks in her! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> But as a woman, even if I was skilled, and if my man hid behind me; I\u2019m not sure I would have that respect. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> No; thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> What would you feel, Abigail? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> No; thank you. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You\u2019re not going to lunch with that guy; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Nope; nope. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s the end of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; that\u2019s so interesting. Here is one little thing that I would pick up on\u2014just in that conversation you guys just had about it. I think you said something like, \u201cI\u2019d want him to step up because he would be bigger than me, probably even if I was trained.\u201d Bob, you said, \u201cWell, let\u2019s just pretend he wasn\u2019t.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Bus see; now, we\u2019re getting out of reality because reality is\u2014he probably is bigger because\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Most guys are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014almost all guys are bigger. In order to make the situation even work, where he shouldn\u2019t do it, you have to willingly disbelieve reality, which is that men are bigger than women; and they were made to do those kinds of things. I don\u2019t care how many hours I spent practicing arm wrestling; I\u2019m probably not going to beat an average-sized man. I can\u2019t do a single thing about that\u2014God calls that good. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The reason we decided to throw this fastball at you, and let you take a swing at it, is because Abigail has written a book called (<em>A<\/em>)<em>Typical Woman: Free, Whole, and Called in Christ<\/em>. Abigail writes for Desiring God, so I picked a good John Piper illustration; because she\u2019s not going to disagree with John Piper on\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Not planning to\u2014not on any of my good days. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I have a problem with some of these movies\u2014and I know some women will be really mad today\u2014but these movies today are depicting women\u2014I believe women are warriors; I believe that we are strong; yet, we have these movies where women are kicking guys\u2019 butts. I\u2019m not sure\u2014I\u2019m like: \u201cThat could never happen! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cShe\u2019s just too\u2026\u201d She could be really skilled; I\u2019m sure there are many women who will disagree with me, but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; but do you think many women are excited about these movies, like\u2014\u201cFinally, there are movies where the hero is a woman\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Oh, I\u2019m reading stuff\u2014I mean, that\u2019s\u2014why do you think they are making\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014female-hero movies? Because there is an outcry. There are a lot of people, who want women glorified as the warrior woman; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Is that wrong? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Well, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good trend. Here is why\u2014in order to say, \u201cRight,\u201d or \u201cWrong,\u201d I\u2019d probably want to look at some real specific case; but in general, like we said, we cannot get outside of what reality is. Now, the reason why movies are a little bit difficult to talk about in that realm is because, usually\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014they are outside of reality. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014they are not inside the realm of reality. A lot of them are not even\u2014they are fantasies\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014literally. So, you can make a case for that one way or another. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Wonder Woman does not exist in the real world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Ann:<\/strong> I do believe that I see myself as a warrior in my role. In my God-given gifts and strengths of what God\u2019s called me to do, I see there is a fierceness in me that I won\u2019t deny. Yet, physically speaking, I\u2019m not that warrior. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Because it\u2019s not realm\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014it\u2019s not in the realm of physical power. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> There you go. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; there is a strength to the woman\u2019s spirit that ought to be there. I mean, and if you ask my kids, \u201cCan Mom be a little warrior-ish?\u201d [Laughter] I\u2019m sure they would all say, \u201cYes; she\u2019s got some spice in her,\u201d because that\u2019s reality.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just don\u2019t think that\u2019s what we were made for. Women\u2019s bodies were made to do something very different\u2014they were made to nurture and grow life. That is almost the\u2014that\u2019s the exact opposite of what we are seeing depicted in these films, which is why I think it grates against the fabric of reality. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> One of the big themes in your book is that, to understand womanhood and femininity, you should look at how your body was made. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Your physical being says something about what God made you to do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I wrote a book, years ago, called <em>The Christian Husband<\/em>\u2014and I noted in there that men have typically 50 percent more upper body strength than women do\u2014now, that ought to tell us\/that\u2019s general revelation\u2014looking at the creation and saying, \u201cWhat was the Creator\u2019s design in doing that? What should that tell us?\u201d It should tell us that, when something needs to be picked up, guys pick it up; because you\u2019ve got more strength to do that, typically, than a woman does. It doesn\u2019t mean\u2014if there\u2019s\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014a mom and a little boy, it doesn\u2019t mean that the mom shouldn\u2019t pick up because she\u2019s stronger; but this the general sense of how our bodies were designed should say something about what it means to be woman\/what it means to be a man. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; and even for that mom with the little boy, it still wouldn\u2019t be a bad idea for her to say, \u201cHey, son, you want to give your mom a hand with this?\u201d\u2014not because the mom is too weak\/not because she wants the son to see her as weak, but because it\u2019s reminding him that he was made for something. He was given a particular body that is going to grow bigger than hers; and he has to already, at a young age, be trained to steward his strength. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and to serve. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Somebody just flinched, though, when you said that\u2014and say, \u201cWell, I\u2019m going to say to my daughter the same thing: \u2018Sweetie, you want to give Mom a hand with this?\u2019 because I want to teach her to be a servant and want her to be strong, too.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Absolutely; absolutely. But as the parent, you are there to help guide in those nuances. Yes; we\u2019re all servants. Yes; I ask my daughters to do all kinds of things that are physically difficult. I mean, I\u2019m the one who started out the conversation about the mom with the chainsaw. It is about strength; absolutely\u2014and physically things like that\u2014but it\u2019s not about hard work. Our girls are called to hard work; they are called to sweat; they are called to serve; they are called to sacrifice. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut the way that plays out\u2014especially in the interplay <em>between<\/em> a man and a woman or a husband and a wife\u2014all those interplays will be different than just say, \u201cWe\u2019re all going to buckle down and get this project done and work hard.\u201d It\u2019s a little different when you have those particular interplays happening. We have to help our children see that because one of the things that I do think is true is that there is a blindness that\u2019s come over our age. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I talk to young women, probably 40 and under primarily, it\u2019s almost as though they\u2019ve never considered that their bodies factor into their call. These are Christian women\u2014and these are not immature women\u2014they are <em>wonderful<\/em> women. I say it, too, as one who has experienced that same blindness\u2014one who didn\u2019t spend a lot of time contemplating how I was made and how that might relate to my calling in life\u2014what I was made for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re made differently: \u201cWhy are pianos made a certain way?\u201d \u201cWhy is a bench a certain height?\u201d \u201cWell, why are women softer?\u201d \u201cWhy do they have a uterus?\u201d \u201cWhy are grandmas extra soft?\u201d\u2014that is not a fluke. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So, what do you think is going on in a women\u2019s mind, or heart, or soul when they hear what we\u2019ve been talking about?\u2014a man\u2019s upper body is stronger; it\u2019s just biology\u2014and they get upset? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; a little flinchy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dave:<\/strong> What\u2019s going on inside that woman? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Well, I think it\u2019s the sense of: \u201cDoes that mean I\u2019m not as good? Are you trying to say I\u2019m a defective model?\u201d I think there are two problems. One is that we have a sin nature\u2014it makes everything into a comparison\u2014so that is one problem. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet\u2019s say that piece has been removed; and let\u2019s say we just have a very tender heart now, where that piece has been removed. They [some women] still slightly flinch about that. It could be that they\u2019ve never been shown that women also have particular things about them that men don\u2019t. We can talk about a man as having more strength as though: \u201cWell, he got more.\u201d Well, I\u2019m sorry; but I don\u2019t think either of you [Bob and Dave] can give birth\u2014that\u2019s a particular thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, again, not every man is going to be strong; there will be times when this doesn\u2019t play out in the generalities that we are now using. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right; right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> There will be women, who have a womb, that doesn\u2019t ever have a baby in it. These are all realities that we can\u2019t be afraid of talking about. We can\u2019t stop saying that this is generally true just because we know that there are exceptions, because these really are what are our bodies are and what they were made for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Talk about this\u2014maybe, I\u2019m reaching too far. Either one of you two women: \u201cDo you feel like any of that resistance from that woman I was talking about\u2014that was: \u201cOoh, I don\u2019t agree,\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t like that. I want to buck up against that,\u201d\u2014how much of that can be played out in their life from male domination?\u2014men not respecting them\/not treating them\u2014there is a history. There is something that has gone on in the church\/outside the church\u2014you name it. How much of that is a part of their resistance to even wanting to know what God says?\u2014\u201cI just don\u2019t like it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> That absolutely factors in, and it does no good to pretend like it doesn\u2019t. It does no good to not deal with it because\u2014if there has been someone who has been mistreated in some way; or sinned against in some way; or has been in a really unhealthy environment, where the relationships between men and women really are just silly caricatures\u2014oh, goodness\u2014we have to be willing to say that that is what is happening and say: \u201cThat\u2019s not good. That\u2019s not how it should be. We shouldn\u2019t treat each other as caricatures, and we shouldn\u2019t mistreat each other because of our differences.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, that\u2019s when it is so valuable to have that older woman come alongside and be able to give a bigger picture\u2014and even be able to say: \u201cYou know what? Did you know that Christ and His church are not identical? Christ is perfect and will never fail you, even when the church, sometimes, does.\u201d That\u2019s where that conversation can be so helpful; and it can also be helpful in strengthening that woman, who might feel that way, to not lose hope or affection for her brothers in Christ when she might be very tempted to do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to read a Bible verse, and I want to see if either of you have just a little bit of flinch when you hear this Bible verse: \u201cHusbands, live with your wives in an understanding way showing honor to the woman as the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cweaker\u2026\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cweaker vessel.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> How did you ladies know that? [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Does that make you flinch a little bit to read that verse, Ann? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It used to a lot. In fact, Dave, when you asked the question earlier, I really had a hard time with all of this. I was in a very male-dominated home, where I had brothers and a dad who applauded strength\/competition. I remember looking at my mom, thinking: \u201cYou\u2019re weak. You\u2019re not celebrated.\u201d My dad was a little more domineering; he wasn\u2019t a servant leader, so I bucked against everything as a woman. I thought, \u201cI want to be a man.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll never forget\u2014I was in the ninth grade when I ran a 400 race in track. I ran with a boy\/a guy that was the big 400 winner at our school. I thought, \u201cI am going to beat this guy.\u201d I had never been beaten by a woman\/a girl or a guy. We ran, and I won by a hair. I ran straight off the track; I ran down into the bathroom, and I threw up because I gave everything. I thought\u2014and I cried that night because I thought: \u201cThat is the last time I will ever beat a boy.\u201d It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t have the work ethic. It\u2019s not that I didn\u2019t put in the practice. It\u2019s that, physically, I am unable to be the champion. That grated with me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, that verse, Bob: \u201cYes, why I am the weaker vessel?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, does it still bother you today? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> No; because I understand, now, who my Father is; I understand what He is talking about. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEven when it talks about, in Genesis, that we are to be the helpmate\u2014I <em>hated<\/em> that word; I thought: \u201cWhere\u2019s my helpmate? Why did the man get one and I didn\u2019t? [Laughter] I need somebody to help me!\u201d So, there\u2019s this rebelliousness, where I thought, \u201cI am the weaker vessel\u2014that means I\u2019m not as good.\u201d Did you ever struggle? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; yes; I remember hearing that verse read and just being like, \u201cWhat did they say?!\u201d I think everything in us kind of shudders a little bit when we first hear that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> The only thing I would hear when I heard that verse was the weaker part. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes; it\u2019s less than. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> What I didn\u2019t hear was: \u201c<em>Show honor<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014\u201c<em>to her<\/em> as the weaker vessel.\u201d That weaker vessel status made me worthy of some kind of honor; and then the more you start to really think about it and press into it\u2014the analogy that I use in the book is\u2014and I know some people don\u2019t like this because they are going to be people who don\u2019t like it no matter how I say it\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014I use the analogy of\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014a crystal chandelier. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014a crystal chandelier\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014that\u2019s labeled, \u201cFragile: Handle with care.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, why? Is it because it is not valuable?\u2014no! The exact opposite reason: It is so valuable; and to just say that these bodies\u2014yes, that are weaker\u2014have to be honored because this is where life comes from. The human race ceases to exist without these bodies\u2014so: \u201cWould you handle them with honor, please? Would you value them? Would you be considerate of your wife?\u2014because she may be having babies, and you\u2019re going to need to really watch out for her.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>So, I just, now\u2014oh, man; I <em>love<\/em> it; but God has to work, and there have to be people in your life to help you see those things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Ann:<\/strong> And Abigail, what about the wife or the woman that never is able to have kids or never has kids? Does that disqualify her from\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> I\u2019m so glad you asked that because this is a burden that I had when I was writing\u2014and even now\u2014is that I don\u2019t want any woman to think that what validates your womanhood is that your body functions properly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have a son with disabilities, and his body doesn\u2019t always function properly. He has a feeding tube, so does that mean that he is less of a man?\u2014no! Because of sin and the curse, there are always going to be things in our bodies, in every single one of us, that break, or are broken, or will break. It is not a lessening of what He has made you to be. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>The wonderful thing about Christ\u2019s body\u2014that\u2019s where our healing comes, because the church is Christ\u2019s actual body. It\u2019s a metaphor, but we are His body. In that body, there are no barren women\u2014none. No barren women in Christ\u2019s body because we have spiritual children\/spiritual family. Even when the physical reality breaks, the spiritual reality never breaks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Or even if you\u2019ve never been or will get married. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> That\u2019s right; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You know, I have been thinking in recent days about the fact that, at the end of Genesis 2, we have the completion of creation. Everything that\u2019s been created God says is good, except for man to be alone. Then He fixes that and says it\u2019s good. Now, we have His perfect, unmarred, beautiful, holy creation; and at the opening of \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGenesis 3, it starts to get undone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe interesting thing to me is that, as it starts to get undone, the attack of the enemy is back to everything God was doing in Genesis 1 and 2. It\u2019s back to destroy marriage, which was the thing that God created at the end of Genesis 2. Then it\u2019s back to start to destroy male and femaleness. You look at the trajectory of the culture we\u2019re in, and you can see: \u201cThis is the attack of the enemy to say: \u2018We\u2019re going to take you back to chaos,\u2019\u201d which is where it was before God created anything. \u201c\u2019We\u2019re going to undo the creation order that God did.\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s why I think a book like this and a conversation like this is so critical in our day to say: \u201cWe don\u2019t want to be a part of the undoing of God\u2019s design. We want to be a part of the exalting of God\u2019s design,\u201d because the new heaven and the new earth is going to be even grander\/even more glorious; and these elements that you find in Genesis 1 and 2 are going to be in Revelation 21 and 22 in even more magnificent ways. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And I would just add, Bob\u2014we\u2019ve been talking about womanhood all day; but I would say to the men: \u201cSo much of that is on us\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cto treat women\/all women with respect, and dignity, and value in a God-honoring way. The way God views them is the way we, as men, should as well.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s the part before the \u201cweaker vessel\u201d in 1 Peter 3, where it says, \u201cTreat her with honor.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve got copies of Abigail\u2019s book in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can go online to order a copy, or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-358-6329\u20141-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI should mention: There is another way you can get Abigail\u2019s book. We\u2019re making it available all this week to those of you who are regular <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners\u2014you\u2019ve listened for a while; you\u2019ve benefitted from this program; you think this is important for you; you think it\u2019s important for others\u2014for younger couples people who are tuned in listening. You want to see the ministry and mission of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> expand. You want to see more people receiving practical biblical help and hope for their marriage and their family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf that is you, we\u2019d love to send you Abigail\u2019s book and a gift card to attend a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaway. Both of these items are our way of saying, \u201cThank you,\u201d when you become a monthly Legacy Partner, here, at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. You become a part of the team that makes this daily radio program available to your friends and your neighbors; people in your community; people all around the world, who are hungry for biblical help and hope for their marriage and their family. That\u2019s what you provide for others when you become a Legacy Partner. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s easy to do. You can become a Legacy Partner by going online at FamilyLifeToday.com. 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Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I\u2019m Bob Lepine. Men and women are clearly biologically different. Should we understand some deeper reality as a result of that, or is it just simply a matter of anatomy? We\u2019re going to talk about that today with Abigail Dodds. Stay with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. So, I\u2019ve got a\u2014I\u2019ve got a fastball to throw\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Oh no! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014to start today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Throw it toward Dave! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> No; I\u2019m going to throw it toward our guest. Do you think that\u2019s mean to do? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; that\u2019s the way to do it. 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But\u2014and I\u2019m going to have you guys chime in on this as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, this goes back, maybe, ten years; and this kind of erupted into an online controversy. Here\u2019s the story: A guy and a girl meet at church, and they get to know one another. After they met one another, the guy says, \u201cDo you want to go to lunch after church?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m waiting to see if Abigail\u2019s going to smile because she knows this story I\u2019m getting to. So, on their way to the lunch, they\u2019re talking; and he finds out that she\u2019s a six-degree black belt karate champion. In the meantime, he\u2019s kind of\u2014he\u2019s just not as outdoorsy, or as athletic, or as fast; right? Somebody jumps out to mug them. [Laughter] Should the guy get between the attacker and the girl?\u2014or should he say, \u201cYou\u2019re the black belt!\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, where did that illustration come from? Are you going to tell us? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Well, I\u2019m pretty sure that came from Pastor John Piper. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; it did come from Pastor John Piper. He had an answer for that; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What was his answer? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> His answer is: \u201cMan, step up there!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You remember\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> And if she wants to give some assistant kicks, all the better. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Do you remember how many people\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; there were\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014shrieked at that? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014people really upset about that; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> What\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Were they? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014What were they upset with? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If she\u2019s the one who is trained and capable, and she\u2019s got the gifting to do this, the guy should get out of the way and say, \u201cYou\u2019re better at this than I am.\u201d To not do that is to dishonor and devalue <em>her<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I want to hear what my wife would say. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Well, my first thought was\u2014if the guy is bigger and weighs more, then he has more of a chance in some ways. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Let\u2019s turn it down. Let\u2019s say he is a small, skinny guy like Dave; okay? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! [Laughter] That was good, Bob. Let\u2019s go right now\u2014you and me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> My man could always protect me, Bob. I think that Dave would step into that situation in spite of his size or his skill because I think it\u2019s part of who he is, as a man. For Dave, he would step in as my protector. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, that\u2019s the point John Piper was trying to make\u2014that that is what men ought to instinctively do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, I know me. I would have said, \u201cLet\u2019s go,\u201d with my wife. I\u2019d be like\u2014I\u2019d step up, and I\u2019d grab the guy and say: \u201cYou take him out. I\u2019ve got a hold on him.\u201d [Laughter] But I would have done it as a team\u2014I really would have. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You\u2019d have teamed up to do it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> As a man, I know I would have aggressively moved; but I would have wanted to use her assets in the same way. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s interesting\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Unless she wants to not be a part of it. I\u2019ll protect her if she wants to run away, but I\u2019m guessing she\u2019s going to\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> She\u2019s got a few kicks in her! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> But as a woman, even if I was skilled, and if my man hid behind me; I\u2019m not sure I would have that respect. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> No; thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> What would you feel, Abigail? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> No; thank you. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You\u2019re not going to lunch with that guy; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Nope; nope. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s the end of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; that\u2019s so interesting. Here is one little thing that I would pick up on\u2014just in that conversation you guys just had about it. I think you said something like, \u201cI\u2019d want him to step up because he would be bigger than me, probably even if I was trained.\u201d Bob, you said, \u201cWell, let\u2019s just pretend he wasn\u2019t.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Bus see; now, we\u2019re getting out of reality because reality is\u2014he probably is bigger because\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Most guys are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014almost all guys are bigger. In order to make the situation even work, where he shouldn\u2019t do it, you have to willingly disbelieve reality, which is that men are bigger than women; and they were made to do those kinds of things. I don\u2019t care how many hours I spent practicing arm wrestling; I\u2019m probably not going to beat an average-sized man. I can\u2019t do a single thing about that\u2014God calls that good. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The reason we decided to throw this fastball at you, and let you take a swing at it, is because Abigail has written a book called (<em>A<\/em>)<em>Typical Woman: Free, Whole, and Called in Christ<\/em>. Abigail writes for Desiring God, so I picked a good John Piper illustration; because she\u2019s not going to disagree with John Piper on\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Not planning to\u2014not on any of my good days. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I have a problem with some of these movies\u2014and I know some women will be really mad today\u2014but these movies today are depicting women\u2014I believe women are warriors; I believe that we are strong; yet, we have these movies where women are kicking guys\u2019 butts. I\u2019m not sure\u2014I\u2019m like: \u201cThat could never happen! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cShe\u2019s just too\u2026\u201d She could be really skilled; I\u2019m sure there are many women who will disagree with me, but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; but do you think many women are excited about these movies, like\u2014\u201cFinally, there are movies where the hero is a woman\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Oh, I\u2019m reading stuff\u2014I mean, that\u2019s\u2014why do you think they are making\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014female-hero movies? Because there is an outcry. There are a lot of people, who want women glorified as the warrior woman; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Is that wrong? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Well, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good trend. Here is why\u2014in order to say, \u201cRight,\u201d or \u201cWrong,\u201d I\u2019d probably want to look at some real specific case; but in general, like we said, we cannot get outside of what reality is. Now, the reason why movies are a little bit difficult to talk about in that realm is because, usually\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014they are outside of reality. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014they are not inside the realm of reality. A lot of them are not even\u2014they are fantasies\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014literally. So, you can make a case for that one way or another. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Wonder Woman does not exist in the real world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Ann:<\/strong> I do believe that I see myself as a warrior in my role. In my God-given gifts and strengths of what God\u2019s called me to do, I see there is a fierceness in me that I won\u2019t deny. Yet, physically speaking, I\u2019m not that warrior. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Because it\u2019s not realm\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014it\u2019s not in the realm of physical power. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> There you go. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; there is a strength to the woman\u2019s spirit that ought to be there. I mean, and if you ask my kids, \u201cCan Mom be a little warrior-ish?\u201d [Laughter] I\u2019m sure they would all say, \u201cYes; she\u2019s got some spice in her,\u201d because that\u2019s reality.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just don\u2019t think that\u2019s what we were made for. Women\u2019s bodies were made to do something very different\u2014they were made to nurture and grow life. That is almost the\u2014that\u2019s the exact opposite of what we are seeing depicted in these films, which is why I think it grates against the fabric of reality. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> One of the big themes in your book is that, to understand womanhood and femininity, you should look at how your body was made. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Your physical being says something about what God made you to do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I wrote a book, years ago, called <em>The Christian Husband<\/em>\u2014and I noted in there that men have typically 50 percent more upper body strength than women do\u2014now, that ought to tell us\/that\u2019s general revelation\u2014looking at the creation and saying, \u201cWhat was the Creator\u2019s design in doing that? What should that tell us?\u201d It should tell us that, when something needs to be picked up, guys pick it up; because you\u2019ve got more strength to do that, typically, than a woman does. It doesn\u2019t mean\u2014if there\u2019s\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014a mom and a little boy, it doesn\u2019t mean that the mom shouldn\u2019t pick up because she\u2019s stronger; but this the general sense of how our bodies were designed should say something about what it means to be woman\/what it means to be a man. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; and even for that mom with the little boy, it still wouldn\u2019t be a bad idea for her to say, \u201cHey, son, you want to give your mom a hand with this?\u201d\u2014not because the mom is too weak\/not because she wants the son to see her as weak, but because it\u2019s reminding him that he was made for something. He was given a particular body that is going to grow bigger than hers; and he has to already, at a young age, be trained to steward his strength. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and to serve. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Somebody just flinched, though, when you said that\u2014and say, \u201cWell, I\u2019m going to say to my daughter the same thing: \u2018Sweetie, you want to give Mom a hand with this?\u2019 because I want to teach her to be a servant and want her to be strong, too.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Absolutely; absolutely. But as the parent, you are there to help guide in those nuances. Yes; we\u2019re all servants. Yes; I ask my daughters to do all kinds of things that are physically difficult. I mean, I\u2019m the one who started out the conversation about the mom with the chainsaw. It is about strength; absolutely\u2014and physically things like that\u2014but it\u2019s not about hard work. Our girls are called to hard work; they are called to sweat; they are called to serve; they are called to sacrifice. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut the way that plays out\u2014especially in the interplay <em>between<\/em> a man and a woman or a husband and a wife\u2014all those interplays will be different than just say, \u201cWe\u2019re all going to buckle down and get this project done and work hard.\u201d It\u2019s a little different when you have those particular interplays happening. We have to help our children see that because one of the things that I do think is true is that there is a blindness that\u2019s come over our age. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I talk to young women, probably 40 and under primarily, it\u2019s almost as though they\u2019ve never considered that their bodies factor into their call. These are Christian women\u2014and these are not immature women\u2014they are <em>wonderful<\/em> women. I say it, too, as one who has experienced that same blindness\u2014one who didn\u2019t spend a lot of time contemplating how I was made and how that might relate to my calling in life\u2014what I was made for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re made differently: \u201cWhy are pianos made a certain way?\u201d \u201cWhy is a bench a certain height?\u201d \u201cWell, why are women softer?\u201d \u201cWhy do they have a uterus?\u201d \u201cWhy are grandmas extra soft?\u201d\u2014that is not a fluke. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So, what do you think is going on in a women\u2019s mind, or heart, or soul when they hear what we\u2019ve been talking about?\u2014a man\u2019s upper body is stronger; it\u2019s just biology\u2014and they get upset? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; a little flinchy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dave:<\/strong> What\u2019s going on inside that woman? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Well, I think it\u2019s the sense of: \u201cDoes that mean I\u2019m not as good? Are you trying to say I\u2019m a defective model?\u201d I think there are two problems. One is that we have a sin nature\u2014it makes everything into a comparison\u2014so that is one problem. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet\u2019s say that piece has been removed; and let\u2019s say we just have a very tender heart now, where that piece has been removed. They [some women] still slightly flinch about that. It could be that they\u2019ve never been shown that women also have particular things about them that men don\u2019t. We can talk about a man as having more strength as though: \u201cWell, he got more.\u201d Well, I\u2019m sorry; but I don\u2019t think either of you [Bob and Dave] can give birth\u2014that\u2019s a particular thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, again, not every man is going to be strong; there will be times when this doesn\u2019t play out in the generalities that we are now using. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right; right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> There will be women, who have a womb, that doesn\u2019t ever have a baby in it. These are all realities that we can\u2019t be afraid of talking about. We can\u2019t stop saying that this is generally true just because we know that there are exceptions, because these really are what are our bodies are and what they were made for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Talk about this\u2014maybe, I\u2019m reaching too far. Either one of you two women: \u201cDo you feel like any of that resistance from that woman I was talking about\u2014that was: \u201cOoh, I don\u2019t agree,\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t like that. I want to buck up against that,\u201d\u2014how much of that can be played out in their life from male domination?\u2014men not respecting them\/not treating them\u2014there is a history. There is something that has gone on in the church\/outside the church\u2014you name it. How much of that is a part of their resistance to even wanting to know what God says?\u2014\u201cI just don\u2019t like it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> That absolutely factors in, and it does no good to pretend like it doesn\u2019t. It does no good to not deal with it because\u2014if there has been someone who has been mistreated in some way; or sinned against in some way; or has been in a really unhealthy environment, where the relationships between men and women really are just silly caricatures\u2014oh, goodness\u2014we have to be willing to say that that is what is happening and say: \u201cThat\u2019s not good. That\u2019s not how it should be. We shouldn\u2019t treat each other as caricatures, and we shouldn\u2019t mistreat each other because of our differences.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, that\u2019s when it is so valuable to have that older woman come alongside and be able to give a bigger picture\u2014and even be able to say: \u201cYou know what? Did you know that Christ and His church are not identical? Christ is perfect and will never fail you, even when the church, sometimes, does.\u201d That\u2019s where that conversation can be so helpful; and it can also be helpful in strengthening that woman, who might feel that way, to not lose hope or affection for her brothers in Christ when she might be very tempted to do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to read a Bible verse, and I want to see if either of you have just a little bit of flinch when you hear this Bible verse: \u201cHusbands, live with your wives in an understanding way showing honor to the woman as the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cweaker\u2026\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cweaker vessel.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> How did you ladies know that? [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Does that make you flinch a little bit to read that verse, Ann? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It used to a lot. In fact, Dave, when you asked the question earlier, I really had a hard time with all of this. I was in a very male-dominated home, where I had brothers and a dad who applauded strength\/competition. I remember looking at my mom, thinking: \u201cYou\u2019re weak. You\u2019re not celebrated.\u201d My dad was a little more domineering; he wasn\u2019t a servant leader, so I bucked against everything as a woman. I thought, \u201cI want to be a man.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll never forget\u2014I was in the ninth grade when I ran a 400 race in track. I ran with a boy\/a guy that was the big 400 winner at our school. I thought, \u201cI am going to beat this guy.\u201d I had never been beaten by a woman\/a girl or a guy. We ran, and I won by a hair. I ran straight off the track; I ran down into the bathroom, and I threw up because I gave everything. I thought\u2014and I cried that night because I thought: \u201cThat is the last time I will ever beat a boy.\u201d It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t have the work ethic. It\u2019s not that I didn\u2019t put in the practice. It\u2019s that, physically, I am unable to be the champion. That grated with me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, that verse, Bob: \u201cYes, why I am the weaker vessel?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, does it still bother you today? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> No; because I understand, now, who my Father is; I understand what He is talking about. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEven when it talks about, in Genesis, that we are to be the helpmate\u2014I <em>hated<\/em> that word; I thought: \u201cWhere\u2019s my helpmate? Why did the man get one and I didn\u2019t? [Laughter] I need somebody to help me!\u201d So, there\u2019s this rebelliousness, where I thought, \u201cI am the weaker vessel\u2014that means I\u2019m not as good.\u201d Did you ever struggle? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> Yes; yes; I remember hearing that verse read and just being like, \u201cWhat did they say?!\u201d I think everything in us kind of shudders a little bit when we first hear that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> The only thing I would hear when I heard that verse was the weaker part. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes; it\u2019s less than. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> What I didn\u2019t hear was: \u201c<em>Show honor<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014\u201c<em>to her<\/em> as the weaker vessel.\u201d That weaker vessel status made me worthy of some kind of honor; and then the more you start to really think about it and press into it\u2014the analogy that I use in the book is\u2014and I know some people don\u2019t like this because they are going to be people who don\u2019t like it no matter how I say it\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014I use the analogy of\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014a crystal chandelier. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014a crystal chandelier\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> \u2014that\u2019s labeled, \u201cFragile: Handle with care.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, why? Is it because it is not valuable?\u2014no! The exact opposite reason: It is so valuable; and to just say that these bodies\u2014yes, that are weaker\u2014have to be honored because this is where life comes from. The human race ceases to exist without these bodies\u2014so: \u201cWould you handle them with honor, please? Would you value them? Would you be considerate of your wife?\u2014because she may be having babies, and you\u2019re going to need to really watch out for her.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>So, I just, now\u2014oh, man; I <em>love<\/em> it; but God has to work, and there have to be people in your life to help you see those things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Ann:<\/strong> And Abigail, what about the wife or the woman that never is able to have kids or never has kids? Does that disqualify her from\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> I\u2019m so glad you asked that because this is a burden that I had when I was writing\u2014and even now\u2014is that I don\u2019t want any woman to think that what validates your womanhood is that your body functions properly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have a son with disabilities, and his body doesn\u2019t always function properly. He has a feeding tube, so does that mean that he is less of a man?\u2014no! Because of sin and the curse, there are always going to be things in our bodies, in every single one of us, that break, or are broken, or will break. It is not a lessening of what He has made you to be. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>The wonderful thing about Christ\u2019s body\u2014that\u2019s where our healing comes, because the church is Christ\u2019s actual body. It\u2019s a metaphor, but we are His body. In that body, there are no barren women\u2014none. No barren women in Christ\u2019s body because we have spiritual children\/spiritual family. Even when the physical reality breaks, the spiritual reality never breaks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Or even if you\u2019ve never been or will get married. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Abigail:<\/strong> That\u2019s right; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You know, I have been thinking in recent days about the fact that, at the end of Genesis 2, we have the completion of creation. Everything that\u2019s been created God says is good, except for man to be alone. Then He fixes that and says it\u2019s good. Now, we have His perfect, unmarred, beautiful, holy creation; and at the opening of \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGenesis 3, it starts to get undone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe interesting thing to me is that, as it starts to get undone, the attack of the enemy is back to everything God was doing in Genesis 1 and 2. It\u2019s back to destroy marriage, which was the thing that God created at the end of Genesis 2. Then it\u2019s back to start to destroy male and femaleness. You look at the trajectory of the culture we\u2019re in, and you can see: \u201cThis is the attack of the enemy to say: \u2018We\u2019re going to take you back to chaos,\u2019\u201d which is where it was before God created anything. \u201c\u2019We\u2019re going to undo the creation order that God did.\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s why I think a book like this and a conversation like this is so critical in our day to say: \u201cWe don\u2019t want to be a part of the undoing of God\u2019s design. We want to be a part of the exalting of God\u2019s design,\u201d because the new heaven and the new earth is going to be even grander\/even more glorious; and these elements that you find in Genesis 1 and 2 are going to be in Revelation 21 and 22 in even more magnificent ways. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And I would just add, Bob\u2014we\u2019ve been talking about womanhood all day; but I would say to the men: \u201cSo much of that is on us\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cto treat women\/all women with respect, and dignity, and value in a God-honoring way. The way God views them is the way we, as men, should as well.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s the part before the \u201cweaker vessel\u201d in 1 Peter 3, where it says, \u201cTreat her with honor.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve got copies of Abigail\u2019s book in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can go online to order a copy, or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-358-6329\u20141-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI should mention: There is another way you can get Abigail\u2019s book. We\u2019re making it available all this week to those of you who are regular <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners\u2014you\u2019ve listened for a while; you\u2019ve benefitted from this program; you think this is important for you; you think it\u2019s important for others\u2014for younger couples people who are tuned in listening. You want to see the ministry and mission of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> expand. You want to see more people receiving practical biblical help and hope for their marriage and their family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf that is you, we\u2019d love to send you Abigail\u2019s book and a gift card to attend a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaway. Both of these items are our way of saying, \u201cThank you,\u201d when you become a monthly Legacy Partner, here, at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. You become a part of the team that makes this daily radio program available to your friends and your neighbors; people in your community; people all around the world, who are hungry for biblical help and hope for their marriage and their family. That\u2019s what you provide for others when you become a Legacy Partner. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s easy to do. You can become a Legacy Partner by going online at FamilyLifeToday.com. 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