Woman's Place in the World

This post is late, but I am posting anyway because I felt the need to share regardless of the fact that this may not be counted.

This week I rediscovered an interesting aspect about man and woman. Eve was created from Adam so that Adam wouldn't be alone in the Garden of Eden. When reading Genesis 2-3, a few verses really caught my attention, even though I know the story and have been reading it since I was about seven years old.

In Genesis 2:23, after Eve is presented to Adam, he says, "This is now bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman' for she was taken out of man."  I still am astounded by this verse because I interpret it to mean that a woman is made specifically for a man, which is said in the next verse, Genesis 2:24: "For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh."

I think that God chose to form Eve from Adam's rib because the rib is a supportive structure, so woman was made to support man, which can be justified if we back up a few verses to Genesis 2:18: "The Lord God said, 'It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'"

So, to conclude, I think that women were created to have a supportive role in life.  We were created to be there for our men, to help them, love them, and support them.