Manhood?

So what's the deal with manhood? How do you define it? Does it mean you know how to wield a sword?

I've spent the last few weeks listening to a bunch of CD's about manhood, manliness, being a man, being a father, being a husband.

I preached about it a couple weeks ago too. It was triggered by a story I heard about the "Birkenhead", a ship that went down in the 1800's off the coast of South Africa. Hundreds of men drowned or were eaten alive by the dozens of sharks surrounding the ship.

Not a single woman or child perished.

The "Birkenhead" "Drill" came to be known as "women and children first". A phrase used since then in numerous emergencies, not just marine ones. (Read "The Birkenhead Drill" by Doug Phillips)

But a lot of men and young men I know live lives that scream, "Me first!!!".

Where will this leave society?

There is no greater love than this, that a man would lay down his life for a friend. Jesus set that example. Am I following it?

God of the Unknowns...

So the other day I'm working on some plans for a project I"m developing.

Lots of unknowns, people, places, programing, and other p-words. Lots of questions, fears, what-ifs.

And I feel like God says to me, "I"m the God of the Unknowns".

I felt better after that. I don't have to worry.

God of the Unknowns.

Sounds kind of catchy.

Date night and the ring

So Alli and I had a date night tonight. Lots of people tell me that you should have a date with your wife every week. Man is that hard to do! Especially with the three blind mice running around here all the time. Well two of them are at Pake and Oma's tonight so we went out for dinner. We went to the same restaurant we went to when we were dating and I gave her a "promise ring". But it was really just a ring. I told her it could be whatever kind of ring she wanted.

It actually broke after we broke up and I went to the Honor Academy.

But then a few years later we got back together and got married. Now we have three little girls that we love.

Let's see if this blogging is all that.

She still has the ring by the way.