Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “rib.” Use it as a word, or find a word with “rib”in it. As always, use any way you’d like. Enjoy!
I started thinking about this… and what came to mind was Adam and Eve.
So, apparently Eve, aka Woman, was created from one of Adam’s ribs… thereby making her a suitable helper for Man…
But if you dig deeper there are quotes in the bible that suggest that it was not just his rib, but possibly more than a bone, maybe a side of Adam, that was used to create Eve.
So, not a suitable helper as such but really an equal companion that would conmplete Man
Woman was created to be “beside” man, not beneath or above him. In salvation, man is no more “worthy” and woman is no less a citizen of God’s kingdom. “There is neither . . . male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”
Wikipedia
I like that thought. It has been in my mind since I wrote a flash yesterday about gender at birth, and the so called importance of a male baby within our Indian communities, and others out there.
Why? Why is that dangly genitalia so important?
It’s us women you need to actually create men nowadays. God isn’t doing his Garden of Eden magic nowadays.
Our Sikh first Guru, Guru Nanak says:
“We are born of woman, we are conceived in the womb of woman, we are engaged and married to woman. We make friendship with woman and the lineage continued because of woman. When one woman dies, we take another one, we are bound with the world through woman. Why should we talk ill of her, who gives birth to kings? The woman is born from woman; there is none without her. Only the One True Lord is without woman”
Guru Nanak
Sure, a male was meant to continue the family name, ensuring that the bloodline carried forth for more generations, but doesn’t a daughters offspring do the same, bloodline wise, anyway?
Male or female, hair shorne or tied with ribbons, breasts or dangly bits, we are equal. We were made to be equal, whether Christian, Sikh, Muslim, Jewish… any religion.
Ain’t that the truth?
Boys and girls Girls and boys Essentially the same Though given different toys
Male and female Female and male Yet still inequalities A very old tale
Him and her Her and him Together complete Not made on a whim
A partnership On equal ground As God intended Though not what's found
Differences only To strengthen and support Not useless foetuses That some choose to abort
Man and woman Woman and man We should stand together That was God's plan
I felt compelled to write a little extra to add to Reena and Jay’s little journey last week, in poetic form!
Reena Laments Light Breaks through Brightening Our surroundings Unfurlings my limbs I rub away stiffness Camping mats and sleeping bags Are definitely not for me Can't wait for the trip to be over How long until I can get in my bath?
Jay Responds Feeling that sunlight warming my body Tickling my toes and calming me Transports me to another place Somewhere nature takes over Until a groan shatters Serene images The Glamster wakes... "Caffeine! Now!" Reena. Great.
But I Smile Anyway... 