A man, by this I am specifically referring to a male, is a
mighty physical fortress. We will
thoughtlessly accept physical pain. Burn the flesh off us, cut us into multiple
parts and we will fight it off and go on our way. We will stand before a tank even if we know it
will fire. There seems to be no physical
task, horrid or menial that we will not accept and with “un-thought-of”
nonchalance. Our physical bodies can
gladly die and freely be offered for the sake of others. It is our inward self that is our personal
demon to fight. We can be bleeding out lying
on the earth but in our hearts we will be wondering; does she love me, did I do
right by them, are they better because I was there? What we are actually thinking and most
concerned with is; was I man enough?
Even Christ, as he approached His own physical death doubted His
manliness to carry out the physical cost.
It was not His greatest concern but because He was a man it was one of
them. Very few people, even men, know
this about them.
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