Written on October 8, 2009
Well, something has been bothering me lately so my thought is to get it out. So here you go, you are welcome for my fabulous opinion, but take it as just that.
So my mom sent me an email about shoppers found in Wal-Mart. A majority of the shoppers were males dressed as females, and there was even one of an old man with fake boobs. Now at first I thought this was pretty funny. But if I think back over my experience as a JCPenney sales associate there has been more than one instance of a male dressed as a woman. Now don't get me wrong, this is their right to do what they want, and I have no plan to go and judge them. But my thought is this, what happened along the way where men are no longer men? I'm not talking about cowboys or army men, but hey that's even in question so maybe I am.
The reason I'm wondering about this is that I have a 9 year old boy who I want to raise to be a man of God. You know, the King David type...a man after God's own heart, or a Daniel who's willing to face a pack of lions because he didn't want to worship a man. Or a John, the disciple Jesus loved, or Paul who was definitely a powerful man of God. I want my son to be a strong God-fearing man. A man who's willing to stick up for his beliefs. A man who will love his wife and treat her as he'd treat himself. Patient and kind. A man of heart. Who knows love by definition of 2 corinthians 13, not by the worlds standards because it seems to me this world is very confused. They don't know what they want or where they are going.
I want my son to be bold. But I'm afraid that this world will not honor him the way he should be. Men are a dying breed. Is it really a surprise that marriage's fail, and young girls are left pregnant and alone when these boys are not trained how to be men? But first there must be a leader. One who knows what a real man should be. I believe only God could fill that postion. And let me make this clear.. real men are not wife beaters, or bullies. They are not supposed to be dominating or abusive. Real men love their wive's as themself. If they are not married real men should be protecting us women as sisters because that's what we need. We need men to stand up and protect us. Not to overpower us, but to stand up for us.
That's where faith comes in. I've been growing quite a bit over the last few years and I feel a bit wiser in this area then when I first started out. I believe it's made me a better person. But I also believe that men are not the whole problem. Us women are to blame too. I realize how hard it was to get us this far for voting privileges and the right to work. But did we really intend on an outcome like this? I think the role of a man has been distorted. The fact that they are no longer the bread winner is not the only problem. Now it's like they don't even have to chase the girls anymore because the girls have taken matters into their own hands. For those of us that choose to be patient and wait we are pretty much SOL aren't we? There are girls out there williing to drop their pants just to make a guys tongue hang out, for no other reason then the fact that they can. I think their behavior is immature and disgusting. And guys don't know any better, so they fall for it because unlike women they have two heads that they think with. So where are all the women?? The one's who should be protecting them? And I don't mean by kicking some chicks butt because she looked at your man. I mean the ones who are discreet enough to not give away the farm when they go out in public. Seriously.
My point is this...we are all to blame. Men need to step up and be men. And women need to step up and let them. It takes strength on both parts.
My son wants to be an engineer. And he wants to be a Pastor, and an army man. The point is he's dreaming. I want him to be able to dream and grow and become a great man. Is that too much to ask?
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