As a man my instincts are simple; eat, work, sleep, and dream. We all have dreams that we want to be able to express and do someday with our lives. When I was a boy I wanted to be a Firefighter, a Rock Musician, a Navy Seal, Traveling the world, and go Bear hunting, and the list goes on... A boy's dream is to do something 'wild' and unsafe, but something that is free and exciting. In today's modern society a man is expected to go to college get married before you are 25, have children, be a success in earning money to support the family, and be in a church pew every Sunday. Quite frankly many men have become bored with their city lives and living in a cookie cutter mold, this tames a man and forces them to keep their desires to live the way God intended hidden.
I remember watching a movie called "Braveheart" and if you have not seen this film it is definitely worth your time. In this movie William Wallace a Scottish warrior has experienced death firsthand from his father in a battle and to make a long movie short William Wallace was a real man, starting as a boy he is what I wish I could have been as a boy. Wallace is tough, strong, and has a strong heart and doesn't let fear stop him, but he instead fights for what is right in this case breaking ties from the English and proclaiming freedom! Like William Wallace every boy and or man wants to have freedom.
In the next few weeks will be reading a book called "Wild at Heart" by John Eldredge this book is about what God's plan for a man is and how he created us with a wild heart. We were made to be in the wilderness exploring hunting and seeing God's great creation first hand! Our God is a passionate, strong and loving God and he is no WIMP, but its sad to say even though we were created in his image we have become wimpy. Through this book I hope to discover and share what God's intension was for men and ways to get back to where my heart belongs.
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