Mancation

This might come as a suprise to some of you - men are different than women. Shocking, I know. But true none the less.

I'm gearing up for this weekends "Mancation" (i.e. The River's Men's retreat) and looking forward to some extended guy time. I believe it is intentional use of the masculine in Pr. 27:17, "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." It does not say as one man sharpens a women, nor does it say as one woman sharpens a man. It says, "so one man sharpens another." To be sure as men we can be refined by women. Shoot I get a bunch of rough edges shaved off of me regularly by Kristy, and that is a good thing. I'm a huge fan of Joyce Meyer - listen to a few sermons a week by her and am almost always challenged to grow.

Yet there is something uniquely sweet when men walk the faith walk together. There is something specifically male in each of us that can best be related to by other males. Only another man who has fought "the addiction" (of course I'm talking porn) can understand the shame and remorse. Only another man can know the struggle (or lack thereof) of trying to lead the family well in the ways of the Lord while the world pulls us to do anything but that. Only another man can relate to the deep longing for unfelt affection from a father and the embarassment of having that longing.

Truly men need men. More specifically you need men.

Peace and Joy
Rob