![]() If you want to grow in true masculine strength, then you must stop sabotaging yours.ĭon’t even think about going into battle alone. Speak right to the issues you normally remain silent over. Walk right into those situations you normally run from. But the warrior is crucial in our movement toward any masculine integrity it is hardwired into every man. The warrior is not the only role a man must play. If we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine. The true essence of strength is passed to us from God through our union with him. That is a picture many things in life are, of a deeper reality. Masculinity is an essence that is passed from father to son. Masculinity is an essence that is hard to articulate but that a boy naturally craves as he craves food and water. But these wounds are different these are honour wounds.Ĭhrist draws the enemy out, exposes him for what he is, and shames him in front of everyone. One we rarely speak of and are even much less ready to resist. About enemy:īehind the world and the flesh is an even more deadly enemy. Your strength is revealed and even increased–through exercise. The ability to discipline himself is there, but dormant for many of us.įreedom is useless if we don’t exercise it as characters making choices. There is a whole lot more going on behind the scenes of our lives than most of us have been led to believe. Let people feel the weight of who you are and let them deal with it. Many of us have actually been afraid to let our strength show up because the world doesn’t have a place for it. Start choosing to live out your strength and you’ll discover that it grows each time. Why don’t they offer their strength to a world desperately in need of it? We doubt very much that we have any real strength to offer, and we’re pretty certain that if we did offer what we have it wouldn’t be enough. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. If you want to know how the world really feels about you, just start living out of your true strength.Ĭourage is almost a contradiction in terms. Something in the centre of your chest feels weighty, substantial. On true strength:īegin to taste your true strength and you’ll want more. When it comes to living and loving, what’s required is a willingness to jump in with both feet and be creative as you go. We are genuine characters, and not mere puppets, we can choose our defining stories. You literally sacrifice your soul and your true power when you insist on controlling things.Īdventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man. To lose a leg is nothing compared to losing heart to be crippled by shrapnel need not destroy your soul, but to be crippled by shame and guilt may. Men take their souls’ search for validation in all sorts of directions. ![]() Read Does Alan Watts believe in God? For Soul: Most men spend the energy of their lives trying to eliminate risk, or squeezing it down to a more manageable size. Men come into the world without the God who was our deepest joy, our ecstasy. Men either overcompensate for their wound and become driven (violent men) shrink back and go passive (retreating men). How come when men look in their hearts they don’t discover something valiant and dangerous, but instead find anger, lust, and fear? No doubt the biggest risk of all was when he gave angels and men free will, including the freedom to reject him, not just once, but every single day. But who does that leave them to follow after? From whom will they derive their sense of strength? Most of the men I know are trying hard not to become like their fathers. Men may be misplaced, forgotten, or misdirected, but in the heart of every man is a desperate desire for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. Men have had an insatiable longing to explore. I share the Wild at heart John Eldredge quotes in this article. I read the Wild at heart Book by John Eldredge and create notes.
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