Quiet Time Notes
Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God
Wild at Heart - Intro (part 3)
August 21st, 2009Previous |
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What makes a man come alive?
1. Need a battle to fight
- Swords, camouflage, six-shooters, uniforms
- Boys want to be powerful and dangerous
- Aggression is part of man’s design – God’s image (Exodus 15:3)
- They do not want to call and talk about relationships
- Boys play is a rehearsal for a bigger drama
- Life needs man to be fierce and fiercely devoted
- Every man needs to know he is powerful – be the hero
2. Needs an adventure to live
- Fights the grizzly, wins the beauty
- Recipe for fun with boys – add an element of danger
- We may fear the test, yet we yearn to be tested and discover what it takes
- If a man has lost this desire (says he doesn’t want it) does not know he has what it takes – believe he will fail the test.
3. Needs a beauty to rescue
- Nothing more inspiring to a man as a beautiful women
- Make you want to charge the castle, slay the giant
- Men going to war carry a photo of their sweetheart in their wallet
- Paintings on side of airplanes
- Lonely men fight lonely battles
- Where would James Bond, Robin Hood, King Arthur, Indiana Jones be without their women
- Man needs a battle to fight, he needs someone to fight for (someone in particular – women he loves)