How should a woman be treated? It grieves me that those of us who are men do not ask ourselves this question enough, nor do we properly respond to the question in thought, word and deed. First and foremost, you are a person created in love by God and for God. As men, we are not called to be your end all and be all. Your beginning and end can only be found in God. Instead, we are called to be your help in the pursuit of that which is most beautiful, most good, and most true. Each man who encounters you, must answer that call to the best of his ability. In our weakness, we will fall short, but that does not mean our struggle is in vain.
Secondly, God created you as a woman. What joy Adam experienced when he first beheld Eve! For he discovered a helpmate, another person to aid him in his love for God. In women, we as men discover the call to not only love God, but to love our neighbor as ourself. What does this love demand? Reason cannot fully answer this question. God had to reveal it to us. Love demands, as men, that we are to make of ourselves a gift to the women we encounter. As men, we are God's gift to women, but not in a manner that is egotistical or self-serving. We are called to give ourselves in the same manner Jesus Christ gave of himself for us. Our gift of self, must be a gift that is sacrificial and pure.
Thus, we are called to help you become the best person possible. We are called to help, not hinder you, in becoming the best woman possible. We must live so deeply in the love of God that we love you with God's heart, see you with God's eyes, and embrace you and hold you up with the arm's of God.
Please forgive me for failing to always live up to this standard in my encounters with you. You are worthy of such love.
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