Just One Rib

This morning I was thinking about the differences between men and women. Feeling aggravated by some of the men in my life and thinking about how men claim to be ‘so much simpler and less complex’ than women. My frustration growing as I thought, ‘Why is this so hard? How can men and women be so different?’ Then Adam and Eve sprung to my mind and I considered how Eve was made out of one of Adams ribs. They were made out of the same material, how could they be so different?

I lifted my thoughts to God, and began to pray and ask, ‘How can men and women be so different if woman was made out of a piece of man?’ Then before I even got through ‘speaking’, I had the answer in my mind, as clear as could be. ‘Because I only used one of Adams ribs, the rest of woman I made from scratch.’

‘Because I only used one of Adams ribs, the rest of woman I made from scratch.’

Considering that I hadn’t really been expecting to get a response, let alone one so quick and clear, caught me right off guard. But after a moment of processing, I couldn’t help but think, ‘Dang, but that explains a lot!’

After that I couldn’t help but laugh and think, ‘I guess men and women really ARE almost different species.’ Adams rib might be the piece that made them genetically compatible, but other than that, women really are something entirely different. Explains a lot doesn’t it?