11/29/2023 0 Comments Wild at heart john eldredge vimeo![]() The strength of men that makes them dangerous "That strength so essential to men is also what makes them heroes. Society realizes that men are dangerous, and that's what scares them. ![]() We need a society that stops emasculating boys so that there are men who stand up against evil. Instead they are the one's who run away to save themselves. John shares other examples from Columbine, "Seth Houy threw his body over a terrified girl to shield her from the bullets fifteen-year-old Daniel Rohrbough paid with his life when, at mortal risk to himself, he held a door open so others could escape." What about the men who took back flight 93 on September 11, 2001? Boys who have been stripped of their strength don't grow up to be men who can do things like that. Yes, boys are different, they are aggressive, but that aggression isn't a bad thing if it is properly trained. The several that have happened since then haven't helped. ![]() "There is the widely held idea that the aggressive nature in boys is bad, and so they must be made safe, they must be made more like girls." John points out how a lot of this came from the Columbine shooting. There are very few men to teach them the wisdom and context of their power. The reason society fears the strength of boys, is because there are very few men to teach them how to properly use it. I know how to control my strength and use it properly. But I don't go around punching everyone I have a disagreement with. I was a wrestler, and if I had to I could defend myself, or my wife, with my bare hands. One day I did, it was a lousy punch, but after that he stopped. When I was little there was a kid at Church who was constantly picking on me. You cannot turn a cheek you do not have."īoys have to be taught how to use their strength properly and with wisdom and control. It may look moral, it may look like turning the other cheek, but it is merely weakness. He will grow up never knowing how to stand his ground. From that point on all will be passive and fearful. I am all for forgiveness, and I do not advocate violence in any way "But we must not strip a man of strength and call it sanctification." "You will emasculate him for life. The Church has done something similar, telling men to be passive and forgiving, to turn the other cheek. It has worked to emasculate boys and make them polite and moral. "You cannot teach a boy to use his strength by stripping him of it." But this is what society has tried to do. But the shooter saw him, and then took his own life. He heard the shots, got behind cover, took aim, but never shot because he saw people behind the shooter and was unwilling to take the risk of missing and hitting someone. There was a mall shooting in Oregon a few months ago, and there was a man there shopping with a concealed carry permit and his weapon. But do you know when they stop? When they meet resistance. People take guns into public places and unload them into innocent people. "We do not want to teach boys that bullies should never be resisted, and we do not want to teach bullies that they can get away with it." This has happened far too much, and more and more we see the results of it. But with all of that in mind, I'd still give my son the same advice. Not to mention as a pastor I'd never hear the end of it from people. And the results that follow would be suspension, if not expulsion, and maybe a few lawsuits. The instructions that John gives his son are the same I would give mine. This chapter opens with a story about John's son as a first grader who gets pushed down by a bully. "Our culture has turned against the masculine essence, aiming to cut it off early." But this part of us is also dangerous, and because of that the world works to control it. ![]() The reason for this is that our strength is the part of us that gives life. We have all been wounded, and each wound has been a well placed shot at our strength. We live in a world where masculinity is constantly under attack.
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