For so long we have fought to be treated the same as men. And of course we have equal value in God's sight, and deserve equal pay, equal rights and opportunities. But we are not the same. That's the point. I will make a colleague and a companion meet for you, God says, fitting, appropriate and different.The men of Athens considered the threat of Sparta and the need to protect democracy. Their wives saw sons slaughtered. Pilate considered the political unrest, the dangerous crowd, the unstable situation. His wife saw one man, innocent and disturbing.Recently I heard a preacher, male, describing Jesus as abandoned by all his friends at the end. Shame on you, I rebuked him afterwards. There were faithful disciples at the foot of the cross, only leaving his body to observe for the prescribed Sabbath, back at dawn on Sunday to embalm him.The men saw the larger canvas, the dangers, the risks and ran. The women saw only the friend they loved and stayed.