"A women needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle"

So I'm reading this book lately (don't judge me :p) called "Revelations of a Single Woman" and contrary to the title its actually pretty good. Not through this book but in life and through life experiences recently God has come to show me that I am an independent strong female and enjoy being this way. Now this is not a bad thing but the "bad" part of this is that even though I have expressed to God my need for Him in my life and surrendered (and hopefully continue to surrender) to him my life... I don't know how to need people. I so want to have everything together and take care of others that I forget to let others take care of me. Now thankfully I have wonderful friends who try and try again until I finally give in and let them take care of me. Part of the purpose of this blog is to begin to share and be a bit more transparent in hopes that I will be able to share my life more fully with others and potentially even need and accept support at some point!

So back to this book... a passage that really struck me the other day is from the chapter "Men- who needs them" No beloved friends I have not turned into a feminist man-hater lol so please relax! But the following excerpt I'm sharing from the book really clicked for me...

"Men and women, together, reflect God's image. That's why both genders are flooded with value. And it's why we need each other. Even if you or I lack any practical, urgent, or felt need for men, men- as equal image bearers of God- are integral to our knowing, seeing, and experiencing Him. So, though it may be a mystery, somehow men and women do need each other, working together like an eagle with the sky or ship with the high seas. Maybe in our strange new culture fish really do need bicycles." (see the blog title for bicycle reference)

Now while I am an independent strong female who does not need a guy to do things for me or take care of me because I can do that myself... I do need and desire a man who can bring me closer to God and help me develop in a way that I could never do myself. A spiritual leader and equal to share this wonderful gift of life and salvation with. I am woman hear me roar but also hear me quietly patiently wait, pray, grow, and break until God brings this man friend or soulmate into my life....