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For Such A Time As This
May. 29, 2007
Modern Day Knights?
Ya know - boys just get a bad wrap in our society. If you've read the birth story of my 5th boy, you know I was a bit dissappointed to not have a girl. One thing my mom said to me was that God needed me to raise another boy - and ya know, she's right. I feel like boys are so misunderstood even in the Christian church sometimes.
In Genesis 1 - the dominion mandate charges Adam to, in essence, subdue, conquor and dominate the creation. This is the way God created males to be. They are hard-wired, if you will, to subdue and conquor their surroundings. Wrestling, playing swords, being physically active, etc. is part of the way the Creator made them.
Recently, I've seen and heard "girl power" activities going on in our society. From Oprah creating a school to empower girls in Africa, more women than men in college making them feel they don't "need" men, Rachael Ray's guest Melina Kanakaredes talking about an Avon campaign to help women make a difference in their community, even my local science center having an all girls camp. It's not that I'm against all this girl/women empowerment programs, but my questions is "WHERE ARE THE PROGRAMS FOR BOYS?"
Boys, and men, get such a mixed message. They are expected to be men, yet our society only wants them to be when it's "convenient" or "necessary". The rest of the time "sit down and be quiet". Unfortunately, most boys' dad's were raised in a similar society, so even they are generally confused as to what to teach their boys and are influenced by a wife who doesn't understand boys! The ending result, I fear, will be a society with dominearing women manipulating wimpy men making them "believe" they are the leaders. In reality they will just be wimps.
My hope is that there's enough of us Christians out there that are raising Modern Day Knights. (An excellent book, by the way.) I'm thankful for a husband who understands boys and being a Godly modern day knight to pass on the legacy of what it means to be a Christian man and leader. I'm also eternally grateful that the Lord has given me insight into boys, and to train 5 so far, because our society needs strong leaders.
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May. 30, 2007 - Thanks for the reminder
I'll have to check out the book you mentioned. Thanks!