Gender equality

Woman was not created from man’s foot for man to exalt themselves upon the backs of womankind is wrong.  Woman was created from man’s rib, so that they may stand side by side in mutual embrace.  A suitable helpmeet means a worthy partner.  In the book of genesis, after creating man, God creates all the animals and brings them to Adam for naming, but none of them were found to be a suitable partner for man, God, in acknowledgement of man’s need for partnership, created eve custom made to be the partner whose partnership brings God’s perfection to mankind.  God could have chosen to become human with a body created by spontaneous generation.  But God chose to honor women by being born of a woman; the ultimate praise.  Jesus, at the garden of Gethsemane, did not want to be crucified, but He was obedient to the death of a slave on our behalf.  At the wedding at Cana, Jesus did not want to change water into wine, because the time was not right.  It was not part of the plan of salvation.  Unlike healing the sick, opening the eyes of the blind, healing the crippled to walk, changing water to wine was not foretold by scripture.  So why did Jesus do it?  In obedience to His mother, He needed no other reason than His mother’s wish.  He changed the water to wine to honor His mother.  How dare we disrespect that which God honors; womankind.