Helloooooo friends and family!! To start this blog out I would like to say a HUGE thank you and I love you to everyone who has been sending me encouraging little messages and praying for me on this journey the lord has brought me to!! You guys rock!! And to those who haven’t… God probably still loves you.
So with having limited access to electronics and wifi, which let me tell you is the most amazing thing since microwaveable popcorn, I’ve been having more free time to read. Honestly, I had free time to read at the house back home too, but then like most people I’d fill it with something like social media or going out or something of that nature. Which is great sometimes, very relaxing. Using it too often though? Lets refer to them for what those things really are, time wasters. Being in an environment like this where there’s limited form of entertainment though forces you to broaden your spectrum of entertainment. So the book I’m making my way through now is a popular title called “Wild at Heart” written by John Eldredge. If you’re any male adult out there married or unmarried I’d strongly encourage you to read this dope book! The book essentially encapsulates what God says a man following him is supposed to look like. It plainly talks about how most Christian men nowadays are bored and that’s because the church and the world’s view of Christian “culture” has tamed down what a man of God is actually supposed to look like based off of what the word of God says and what God so clearly displays. Now this book isn’t just for men, women as well can take heart in this book because of how it explains the secrets of every man’s soul and invites them to see the value in a man’s wildness, passion and strength that God designed all men with. I’ve already learned so much from this book and I was hoping to hit some highlights I thought were pretty cool and interesting with everyone. So for the next however long I’ll be posting regular blogs as well as chapter overviews and highlights of Wild at Heart. Now, I get distracted and sometimes read a little slower than the average human being so bear with me on this one. Haha 🙂 I’ll go ahead and put what I got out of chapter one into this blog, so without any more introduction,
Chapter one: Wild at Heart
So the first chapter obviously gives a little overview of what the book is about like I told you previously, now an interesting point he brings up is the three things every man on earth longs for no matter who you are; Every man needs a battle to fight, and adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. We like to say we’re not predictable but boom, there you have it, that’s what it all boils down to. Now that’s a reoccurring theme in the book so keep that in mind. Those three things are what every dude on earth wants, it makes us feel like men to be able to fight and win a battle, to go on some grand, epic adventure, to sweep the woman of our dreams off her feet and rescue her.
Another thing I underlined was the statement, “Life needs a man to be fierce – and fiercely devoted”. If all a man has been taught to be is soft (Which is sadly the case for a lot of men) then the wounds he gains throughout his life will cause him to be weaker instead of stronger. A man is needed to be fierce every once and a while. Along those same lines, men are often afraid to be warriors and fight for the things they hold dear or fight for God’s principles he set forth. Why?! God himself was a warrior so shouldn’t we be as well? God didn’t tell David to “talk it out” with Goliath, he told that dude to chuck a rock at his head!! God is a warrior so men shouldn’t be afraid to be either.
We as men are needed to be romantic in the relationship with our significant others. Just because we’re “super tough, super manly men” doesn’t mean we can’t show effort and show the woman, “Hey you’re super dope, I really like you and want you to know that”. John Eldredge covers the fact that all women want to be wanted and pursued. In their own special way all women ask inside, “Do you see me? Are you captivated by what you see?”. It is crucial in any intimate relationship with a woman to let her know you dig her and you acknowledge her for the beautiful, unique woman God has created her as! 🙂 Don’t miss any opportunity to let her know that!
Now the last point or two I took from chapter one is that of a sensitive subject. That’s why I’m asking as you read this hear my HEART in it. The author simply states this, “The world kills a woman’s heart when it tells her to be tough, efficient, and independent… All we’ve offered the feminine soul is pressure to ‘be a good servant'”. Now first of all I’d like to state there is absolutely nothing wrong with a woman being any of those three things if it’s characteristics God has given you, obviously. But if we exaggerate those characteristics or be that way because it’s what the world tells you to be like, it begins to not be about being independent and tough, it becomes the product of selfishness.
This was only chapter one! I’m looking forward to seeing what amazing ideas and concepts are to come in the next chapters and what things God brings to me to share with everyone. So until the next blog, y’all rock, and I love each and every one of you 🙂 Have a good day everyone!! 🙂
