First of all, let me apologize to all the women out there for writing a blog about being a man. Hopefully, you can glean something or just forward it to a man who might benefit from it.
I have been thinking about what it is like being male in our society, specifically a Christian male. With Father's Day just around the corner, now seems to be a good time to jot some thoughts down.
The statistics about men seem to be a bit sobering. We commit most of the violent crimes including 100% of the rapes. We commit 95% of the burglaries, 94% of drunken driver incidents and 70% of the suicides. What is our problem?
I guess we are rebellious by nature. Every TV show has at least one male character who displays these dominant traits. Throw in a strong sex drive and you have man in his full glory (or should that be "gory"). We are a combination of James Bond, the Hulk and Homer Simpson.
But is that just the way we are? Is that what God made us to be? I hope not. I think we can do better. I think I can do better. Maybe we can be arrogant. Wouldn't you think that our sex drive and knack for finding trouble would bring us to our knees? Shouldn't we realize that without the Spirit of God in our lives, our sinfulness will bring us down a road to pain and destruction?
Being a man is a great thing. God gave us all types of manly, man qualities. But Jesus was a manly man. He knew how to be the hero. He knew when to stand His ground. He knew how to lay down His life. Maybe the incarnate God in the flesh became man because men desperately needed a role model. Seeing Jesus as an example is our hope.
O.K. guys, we can do better. We can still be manly and be holy at the same time. God has not called us to just sit in a church pew or on the couch at home. We have got a battle to fight. Now where did I leave that sword?
Happy Father's Day!
Dan Todd
Discipleship and Small Groups
St Marks UMC
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09/06: A Manly Man or a Godly Man
First of all, let me apologize to all the women out there for writing a blog about being a man. Hopefully, you can glean something or just forward it to a man who might benefit from it.I have been thinking about what it is like being male in our society, specifically a Christian male. With Father's Day just around the corner, now seems to be a good time to jot some thoughts down.
The statistics about men seem to be a bit sobering. We commit most of the violent crimes including 100% of the rapes. We commit 95% of the burglaries, 94% of drunken driver incidents and 70% of the suicides. What is our problem?
I guess we are rebellious by nature. Every TV show has at least one male character who displays these dominant traits. Throw in a strong sex drive and you have man in his full glory (or should that be "gory"). We are a combination of James Bond, the Hulk and Homer Simpson.
But is that just the way we are? Is that what God made us to be? I hope not. I think we can do better. I think I can do better. Maybe we can be arrogant. Wouldn't you think that our sex drive and knack for finding trouble would bring us to our knees? Shouldn't we realize that without the Spirit of God in our lives, our sinfulness will bring us down a road to pain and destruction?
Being a man is a great thing. God gave us all types of manly, man qualities. But Jesus was a manly man. He knew how to be the hero. He knew when to stand His ground. He knew how to lay down His life. Maybe the incarnate God in the flesh became man because men desperately needed a role model. Seeing Jesus as an example is our hope.
O.K. guys, we can do better. We can still be manly and be holy at the same time. God has not called us to just sit in a church pew or on the couch at home. We have got a battle to fight. Now where did I leave that sword?
Happy Father's Day!
Dan Todd
Discipleship and Small Groups
St Marks UMC