Men should be men

Men should be men. Not boys with an X box and joystick.
Men should be men. Men ought to be understanding and gentile, and tough as nails. Men ought to love, cry and cuddle, and turn to protect his love with all he is. Men ought be able to get on the floor and play with the kids, and be a pastor-dad of his children, shepherding them in the Gospel.
Men should be men. But more often than not, the young women I talk to are meeting, spending time with, and dating (with the possibility of marriage and indeed marriage itself) boys who are farther from being men than a rock is from being a blue whale. She has settled for a loser. Because society tells her that’s all she’s going to get. Every sit-com shows her, her hopeless future.
Men should be men. A girl dreams of her ‘knight in shinning armor’ she dreams of a man that will sweep her off her feet, protect her from danger, fight for her, indeed die for her. Her dream is of Jesus her perfect man. But boys now a days aren’t striving to be like him, they would rather be a rapper or rock star. They would rather have twelve girls flocking to them, than one, single, life-long, passionate joy to know, woo, and love one woman.
Men should be men. Men should woo. I love that word. Woo: to try and gain the love of a woman. He ought to study her until he gets his high school diploma in his knowledge of her; then he should study her until he gets his bachelors, then his masters, then his doctorate, then second, third, fourth doctorate until the Lord calls him home. This does not mean she becomes his god rather it means she becomes his wife. He knows her, better than she knows herself in some circumstances.
Men should be men. I know, I know, I’m not married. I haven’t dealt with the trials of marriage, nor have I effectively (by God’s grace) wooed a woman. But I’m, sick and I’m tired of watching the boys of my generation be cowardly chauvinistic tools who use and abuse girls/women. Even the ‘good Christian boys’ are sucking it up. They are the worst! At least the nonbeliever has an excuse. ‘Good Christian boys’ are complacent desiring rather to be seen as ‘good believers’ than truly wanting to be on a trajectory of godliness. They start ten different Bible studies, but can’t get their butt out of bed to be committed to a Church.
Women, go for godliness. Don’t settler for a dork. Set your standards high and don’t be afraid to kick the boys down, they can handle it.
Boys, be godly men. Turn off the X-box and stop skewing around. Stop drinking/smoking your brain cells away. Learn commitment. Strive to be like Jesus. Cause your not impressive, you’re a tool and a joke.