"She shall be called Woman! (Gen. 2.23b)"
That but for the grace of God it is impossible to find the true golden mean
might be evident when we contemplate morality. At the far right there are Muslim women that are
literally cooped up and who are at least required to play a subjugated role. On the far left there are
western women that go all out when a male stripper drives their sexual urges insane. Most societies move within
these extremes.
In the eyes of the Muslim western women tend to be whores and all fallen women and in the eyes of the westerner
Muslim women are slaves and their men are oppressors. One Muslim girl confessed to me that in her
eyes western women at least lived, but I know also of western girls that long (back) to what might be called Puritan purity and
innocent dignity. Who is right here? The answer is that
both are wrong!
Also here the timeless morality of the bible gives us the outcome out of the dilemma. But life
out there with all its wrong examples of unisex and militant feminism can confuse us so much that it is next to impossible to
finetune our behavior and comportment. Yet true dignity keeps a cool head because it has its
eyes fixed on biblical examples and ideals.
What then is the happy medium in these confusing times, the true golden mean, or the
aurea mediocritas as the Romans put it? I do not want to enter into details here
however. I am afraid I would only give you the impression that I am bothering you with my own
likes and dislikes. I can only give you the advice to search for true wisdom in all these
things and to keep an open mind and heart about whether or not you are or have become too
conservative or maybe too liberal, too otherworldly or too worldly. Keep on thinking and checking yourself and your motives
in the light of the bible. Do so in dependence on God and on His Word and do so prayerfully,
asking the Lord to enlighten you through the Holy Spirit. Think on this: The true happy medium is not a compromise, neither to the
left, nor to the right!
