Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.
Someone said, “It takes a man to make a man.”
We live in a nation void of real fatherhood. Fathers are often seen as redundant, useless, and yet, more than ever fathers are needed to be involved in the life of the family. Is it because men have not taken responsibility to become mature men who can be strong leaders in the home? What does that even look like in this confused world of identity crisis?1 Cor. 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
If TV were to be believed, every father image portrayed is a pathetic buffoon with the spine of a noodle or a narcissistic loser at the mercy of a super mom and other women who have it all together. The scripts written for these mentally indigent males pretending to be men and fathers are written to make them look like one of the idiot children that poor old mom has to tolerate throughout her long and arduous life. Everyone laughs along with the prompting of the electronic laughing-track trying to make the whole scene seem humorist and normal.
The sad truth of the matter is this mentally dulling entertainment is creating a normal view of who men are becoming in our time. Please forgive me for expressing such a dark portrait of our national family. I am just wrestling with the feeling that we have all become cast members in a national sitcom of idiots where the lines of honest definition are so blurred, that the pages in our life’s handbook look like abstract art.
I am not perfect, as my family and friends who know me well will confirm this fact. However, I have tried to take my place in life to be as good of a father as possible for my family, church, and community. Like so many young people today, I did not have a father to teach me the rights and wrongs of life. However, I have been fortunate to have had men in my life who helped me become the man that I am today. These men who sharpened my understanding of righteousness and helped create a strong and forthright character within my soul were not themselves perfect men.
What they had was that extraordinary trait of strength in their lives that comes from manning up in life. Prov. 27:17 Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another. Oh, that all young men today would have the same blessing in life I was favoured with. That someone with righteous understanding would come their way to help them believe in the love their heavenly Father has for them. Heb. 12:9 Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?
Great blog read it today- man up❤️Di