Mood Ring, oh Mood Ring...

For the men out there...

A zealous but somewhat humorous thought entered my mind at work today. I wanted to ask a random female employee the question: "So when the book comes out, may I have a copy?" "What book," they would ask? The book that explains the hows and whys of the actions and decision making in the mind of a woman. I suppose a reasonable response would be that either it would be too large to carry or that the editions would change so often that publishers couldn't keep up.

I say all that not to slam women, but simply to be transparent from a man's perspective... at least how it seems. Often I wonder how almost every time a woman I know makes a major or semi-major decision in life... it leaves my head spinning in confusion. This often without resolution or any significant amount of understanding even months down the road... even if things revert to the way they were before. It's as if there's this secret, hidden, protected, stashed away, double-bolted, nebulous, mysterious, power cell inside the mind of a woman that only opens its vortex just enough to produce a thought and then it closes... never to be investigated or analyzed again... sometimes even by its owner.

I ask myself all the questions... what guides this phenomenon? Did God create them this way so as to always keep us on our toes and in suspense? Does this change as they get older... or do they just learn how to curb it better and men of their age learn more patience? The questions all seem to lead back to the beginning of the maze.

I'm reminded of Reliant K's song "Mood Ring." "...mood ring oh mood ring please tell me will you bring the key... to unlock this mystery.... of girls and their emotions, play it back in slow motion so I may understand the complex infrastructure known as the female mind..."

Usually when this is expressed to a mature woman they laugh in what I think might be a mischieveous joy and delight in the mystery they bring to us. A much deeper question is... do we like it? Yes and no. Through it all I rest in the knowledge that God knew and still knows what He's doing. I almost shudder to think what life would be like if it were easier. It's like how our government was put together... think of the outcome if we didn't have the checks and balances we have..? Either way, the best answer is to rest in the Lord and know that if He made the woman for the man... He made a perfect creation as a suitable "helper." May we always consider the great wisdom and prayerful interest begged by these truths above all our internal ponderings...

"An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels."
-Proverbs 31:10

"Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised."
-Proverbs 31:30