I've been tracking this 'relationship' with great awareness over the last, almost two years.  The truth is my son, Jedidiah, is much more inthralled with Eliana than is receipricated in return.  Jedidiah is the prototypical boy.  He likes to climb large objects, babble at adult volumes, and explore the most dangerous things.  Elle, the prototypical girl likes to play quietly, enjoys seditary snuggle moments, and reading books.


I caught them in a good moment while the girls were doing ministry on a local college campus.  As they were enjoying their favorite past-time, watching Baby Einsten, Jed leaned over and put his hand on her shoulder.  I'm sure Elle's dad sees this in a different light but I thought, "Good job son, that is how you treat a woman."  It will be hard to teach my boys how to treat a woman but these are the starting points.  Make her feel valuable.  Put her comfort above your own.  Treat her as the precisous, crowning jewel of God's creation that she is.


The truth is, I could use a lesson in this myself.  It is so much easier to be a teacher than a learner.  I can say all the right things before my kids but what I model is the most important.

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