Equal Partnership
Equal Partnership between Men and Women in Families
So, who’s in charge anyway? Well in marriage The Family: A Proclamation to the World
teaches us that, “By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and
righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their
families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred
responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners.”
I love this concept and believe that it is biblically sound. The Lord provided Adam a helpmeet
in Eden as stated in Genesis 2:18. “The significance of this phrase “help meet” is that the
woman is a creation who is a fitting and proper companion for Adam because she is like him
and corresponds to him. This concept is further solidified by the description of the creation of
woman as being formed from the rib of Adam—a rib being a metaphor for a person
corresponding to Adam. Modern prophets have taught that the creation of woman from the rib
of the man is to be taken figuratively.” More information can be found from the January
We are both import both men and women and women. We may not fit into a single mold. There are things
that we do that might not fall into what you think a man and woman stereotypically should do. I think that’s
ok. Men and women were made to complement each other.
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