According to Ken Nair, there are four male prejudices, or myths, that men have about women.  Ask just about any man, and you’ll gain agreement that “women are impossible to understand.”  Yet it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.  As I believe it, I do the behavior that makes it a reality.  I look for evidence to confirm my presupposition.  And my relationship suffers because of it.

Did Jesus understand women?  How did he interact with the woman at the well?  How would you characterize his relationship with Martha, or Mary?  Can you find any evidence in the gospels to suggest that Jesus had any problem understanding women?

If we’ve been given the mind of Christ, and his spirit dwells in us, and he can understand women – what does that mean for us?  It means we can move into this with confidence, because we have him, and therefore, we can do all things through him who gives us strength (Php 4:13).