I came upon this excellent article in New Man magazine on what real manhood is. The article covers eight myths and eight truths on male authority as it relates to our wives and our homes, to be exact. It was truly blessed and challenged by it, especially since, from what I see, it is not often practiced nowadays.I’ll list down the eight myths here (without explanations, you’ll have to go to the article for that):
Myth #1: Male authority means male dominance.
Myth #2: Exercising strength leads to abuse.
Myth #3: Men need to be more feminine to be sensitive.
Myth #4: For women to be empowered, men must be disempowered.
Myth #5: We shouldn't raise our boys to enjoy “manly” activities.
Myth #6: We need to feminize God in order to not favor men.
Myth #7: If men lead in the home, then they will be free to boss women around in all society.
Myth #8: Authority is about making declarations, not taking personal responsibility to see them through to a beneficial end.
Nobody can ever be this manly!
To find out what they mean, as well as what a real man should be, you can go on to the New Man article here.I sure hope you click on it. I strongly believe that each home, each workplace, each city, whether in America, or the Philippines, or in Timbuktu, yearns for the right type of man to rise up. A good man. A real man. And according to my female friends, these good men are getting harder and harder to come by these days.
In Psalm 101:2-4, David says (to God)
I will be careful to lead a blameless life—
when will you come to me?
I will conduct the affairs of my house
with a blameless heart.
I will not look with approval
on anything that is vile.
I hate what faithless people do;
I will have no part in it.
The perverse of heart shall be far from me;
I will have nothing to do with what is evil.
David made his mistakes, for sure. But he owned up…every single time. He was real. A real man. A real man after God’s own heart. That’s the kind of man I want to be. And the principles and traits of a real man that are covered in the said article are a great help for me to get there.
