I have been enlightened, encouraged and refreshed by reading what Kathy Keller has written about gender and roles.  Kathy is the wife of Tim Keller.  She may not have the “fame” of her hubby but she can wield the pen and it is well worth one’s time to read what she has written.  Here’s a sample, “Our maleness and femaleness is not incidental to our humanness but constitutes its very essence.  God does not make us into a generic humanity that is later differentiated; rather, from the start we are male or female…this means I cannot understand myself if I try to ignore the way God has designed me or if I despise the gifts he has given me to help me fulfill my calling…If our gender is at the heart of our nature, we risk losing a key part of ourselves if we abandon our distinctive male and female roles.”  It really seems insane that such a statement even has to be written, but once we cast off our humanity and claim our own deity insanity is our only course.  It seems that the enemy no longer has to be deceptive.  He is attacking the most basic of realities.  If we give up what seems to be most fundamental to humanity (and to Genesis), what is left?  And the irony is maddening, some of the same people telling us to “trust the science,” deny the evidence of XX and XY chromosomes.  God created male and female.  He calls married men (husbands) to submit to their role as leader and lover.  He calls married women (wives) to submit to their role as organizer and respecter.  Each are suited for their role by creative fiat.  To deny this is to deny God’s sovereign and good design.   The Head of husband and wife is Christ and only those rightly related to Him and walking with Him can possibly fulfill His design.  “Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.”