Gender is woven so intrinsically through our being that it’s hard to pick out which parts it affects, and if there are any it doesn’t. Though our whole being seems to image God either as male or female, it’s clear from Scripture that men and women reflect God the same in our spirits, though our bodies and souls are different. This is why in the Bible, moral commands and encouragements are given mostly without distinction between male or female. Men and women don’t ‘specialize’, or have greater abilities to live out different characteristics of godliness; for example, men don’t have an easier time being thankful, women aren’t naturally kinder just because they are a woman. But while our spirits are alike, our souls and bodies are diverse. I use the word soul to encompass personality, and the seating place where the differences of how we think, feel, and act differently come from. Who could argue that men and woman are the same in the way they think or feel?! Clearly, our bodies are also beautifully, wonderfully different. God created two genders, that were equal in their moral standing before him spiritually, but beautifully different in their bodies and inner beings for the same reason He created different seasons, and places, and cultures: glory.
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