Why should I care?

 If anyone ever asks me about am I complementarian or egalitarian I get a very strong feeling of annoyance.

Why should I care? I am not married and I have zero calling to be in any form or leadership or preaching. So therefore how does it impact me?

It's BS straight from the devil to distract us from things that are way more important.

As a single female I have the best freedoms in this debate - I can listen to whatever preachers I like, I can read whatever books I like, I can pick and choose based solely on what I understand what God teaches us in the bible and spend not an iota of energy thinking about gender.

Now any man of the complementarian bent, I will raise an eyebrow at if they *ever* read a book by a female. I mean, seriously, hypocrites. They can say 'oh it's not teaching' ..'or leading'. Um really? You've let those women's words into your mind and you think you can always let women's words have no impact on you?

Which goes to show how non-sensical and disruptive it all is - because if you *don't* let women's words into your minds to impact you, you totally cripple the church.

And central to the church is Moses and the codified understanding of 'Love the Lord your God'.  Exodus is to me where it first made sense to me that God loves us and loves me because of what God is like. God is tearing his hair out trying to love his people and time and time again no matter the love showed to them, they turn their backs on Him.

But who taught Moses?  It was his sister and his mother. Moses taught clearly enough that his zeal for his people was enough to kill a man and then was called to stand before our holy God who could have destroyed him with His very holiness.

His mother and his sister. They were the ones who taught Moses in the Princess's household. They taught him well enough that despite his feeble speaking he led. He led the people of Israel for over forty years. That is a long, long time.

Where God wills people will lead. But he prepares them and moulds them. Be careful of context. In all of this debate be careful of context. Just as David was prepared in all sorts of experiences and learning before his battle with Goliath and his kingship, so was Moses prepared. Moses was prepared for dealing with government growing up in the palace. And he was prepared for his theological leadership by a woman.

There were two other figures with Jesus transfigured on the mountain that day. And at least one had been taught by a woman.

In all of this incredibly stupid debate where people claw in hatred of one another and the devil laughs and laughs at how we hate one another, God does what He wills. Deborah will judge, Phoebe will deliver a letter and preach it's contents and Jael will use that tent peg.

It annoys me further that I could write a lot more on this.