Good reads…I think the last one, though very short, gets at the heart of the issue. I feel the same way. I've been pursuing maturity since my teenage years and I get so frustrated with the men who are supposed to be leaders who are acting like kids. It frustrates me to no end that our culture views it as acceptable for men to be overbearing, lazy, immature, and uncaring in marriage, or even life in general. Today's culture has shifted the responsibility for running the home completely to the wife. All the husband does is goes to work, comes home and watches TV. Certainly work is important and hard, but the men are supposed to be the leader in the home and responsible for everything that happens, even if they don't do it themselves.
Men today are giving me a bad name and I hate it! ; )
The maturity level of the majority of the young men I've come in contact with over the past several years is often frustrating. Young men are willing to spend more time playing video games and following sports than in studying pertainable topics and the Bible. It is sad to so often see the generational gap. I know it can be easier for these older men to associate within their peer groups, but these men have got to start coming along side the younger generation. How are they going to learn maturity, leadership, how to make biblical decisions, or how to be a biblical husband, if no one will teach them? The worst part is when the desire is there to counsel or find counsel, and none can be found willing to receive or bestow it. Everything in our culture today seems to be working against biblical manhood and womanhood.
What I've seen recently is rising numbers of mothers becoming politically active. There are many women who are become frustrated with where our country is headed today. But what I haven't seen are movements headed by fathers. I hope that maybe I just haven't seen it. I do have hope for potential influence, though it often easy to get discouraged by looking around at my peers.
Good reads…I think the last one, though very short, gets at the heart of the issue. I feel the same way. I've been pursuing maturity since my teenage years and I get so frustrated with the men who are supposed to be leaders who are acting like kids.
ReplyDeleteIt frustrates me to no end that our culture views it as acceptable for men to be overbearing, lazy, immature, and uncaring in marriage, or even life in general.
Today's culture has shifted the responsibility for running the home completely to the wife. All the husband does is goes to work, comes home and watches TV. Certainly work is important and hard, but the men are supposed to be the leader in the home and responsible for everything that happens, even if they don't do it themselves.
Men today are giving me a bad name and I hate it!
; )
The maturity level of the majority of the young men I've come in contact with over the past several years is often frustrating. Young men are willing to spend more time playing video games and following sports than in studying pertainable topics and the Bible. It is sad to so often see the generational gap. I know it can be easier for these older men to associate within their peer groups, but these men have got to start coming along side the younger generation. How are they going to learn maturity, leadership, how to make biblical decisions, or how to be a biblical husband, if no one will teach them? The worst part is when the desire is there to counsel or find counsel, and none can be found willing to receive or bestow it. Everything in our culture today seems to be working against biblical manhood and womanhood.
ReplyDeleteWhat I've seen recently is rising numbers of mothers becoming politically active. There are many women who are become frustrated with where our country is headed today. But what I haven't seen are movements headed by fathers. I hope that maybe I just haven't seen it. I do have hope for potential influence, though it often easy to get discouraged by looking around at my peers.