He said, She said

Today I was watching the news and heard a female anchor ask Franklin Graham a question: "If there is a God, why would He — or She — ..." The rest of the question doesn't matter. I have two thoughts on this issue of applying gender to God; please read both before rolling your eyes and slamming your keyboard.

The first is that gender is a limitation of created beings. To apply this, or any human limitation, to God is to insult Him (and I say "Him" because that's how "He" chose to describe "Himself" in Scripture, and that's the only reason.) To think He is limited in any way, including gender, is to have a low perception of Him. He is all things to all people, Father and Mother, male and female.

The second point is that women who think the Judeo-Christian tradition demeans them need to remember this one thing: God has elevated them high above all other created beings. The purpose of creation is to facilitate the work of Christ, and that work began in a physical way with the Incarnation. Womankind was absolutely essential to the Incarnation; mankind had, by necessity, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with it. What more do you want?