What is Happening to the Spirit of Men?
As I was out exercising the other day I was looking around our neighborhood and really started to think about what life was like here. I read a blog post awhile back by Jim Finwick and he talked about how people measure themselves against other people and that we should really work towards a relationship with God….such awesome, awesome words. It really got me thinking about the “spirit” of a man.
I think about all of the men that get in their cars, spend an hour driving, or sitting in traffic to get to the office to deal with whatever they have to deal with. I know of one such person that spent over 20 years in business and really just found himself so lost. The cubicle can be such a cell that slowly attacks the spirit of a man.
What is happening to this generation of men? Now, I don’t have the answers (yet) but it got me thinking. I really think that our society has taken the “adventure” out of men. We now find it watching a hours of football, or skiing for a week every winter, or enjoying the hunt or fishing. Now those things are good, but they only exist periodically. The majority of our time is spent chasing the things, the things that society tells us that we should pursue. What do these things get us…just temporary joy, nothing permanent. My wife has started something so awesome, making your “someday” a reality…and I truly think as men we need to get back to getting that adventure in our life, not that someday I will do this or that.
So, we start trying to “find” ourselves. We start looking inward to find what we need, find our desires, find what makes us happy. Well I have done that and determined that it really can be almost a self serving type attitude. What I have found, at least personally, that I have to look up, look to God, to Jesus. When I am looking at myself I am not seeing the hand of God. He will show me the life he wants for me, he will open the doors, he will bring the people into my life that will provide glimpses of what God has promised. He has given me talents, skills and characteristics that I can use to glorify him. I can search out that adventure that God wants me to have.
I truly feel in my heart that there is a ministry, like the Ransomed Heart ministry, that I can be apart of, that I can use those talents to make a difference in the lives of the men of this generation. The suburban life can be so draining, draining the adventure and the spirit…at least for me.
My challenge, my adventure if you will, is to chart that course and take the steps that I need to get there.
Wow, honey, this is an amazing post! Your writing and your heartfelt thoughts, words and how you can express them like this is truly a gift… a gift from God.
I know you have amazing talents and you’re right. Sitting in a cubicle all day does kill the spirit and adventure of men.
I also know that you’ll make an amazing difference in your quest to become a part of the Ransomed Heart ministry.
Love you with all my heart!
Bless God today! I found your article on Patty’s facebook page. When I saw the title, I couldn’t help but click through to read it. Your message is one of truth, something that we don’t get to see everyday. Your message is authentic and very heart felt, thank you for sharing.
I’m going to print this out for my brother because it’s so in line with what resonates in his spirit. I look forward to reading your journey. Please continue to do what God has purposed through you for so many others. Congratulations on your ministry, whatever it may be, for such a time as this! ~ God bless