Timing is everything.
There are days that I just wonder what the Good Lord has in store for me. Other times I think I try to figure it out too much. Sometimes I think it would just be better if I let go and let God.
This is me letting go.
There are so many things I've learned about being a man lately. I don't mean a male, I mean a man. I just finished reading a book that took me down a path of looking at the man I was and quite honestly, I didn't measure up. Not by anyone's standards and I have no excuses. Although forgiven, I will answer to God someday on behalf of my failures, especially the marriages and being a father.
I have some 'splainin to do and I don't think "I didn't know" is gonna get it done. I never quite understood the responsibilities of a man to his family. As I drove home, the point was made yet again and it just pierces me to the soul. I let my kids down. I let a lot of people down.
My kids are grown now and there's no way to get that back. We speak, and that's a blessing. It's my plan to purchase each of the kids two books; a Bible and the book I just finished; Maximized Manhood. I'm going to tell each of my sons that if they want to NEVER make the same mistakes I made in my life they will read both.
I gave my copy to a friend of mine at work. I think it will help him in his relationships. I gave away another copy to a father who really needs some help. You just never know what will happen; if read and followed it could change the lives of the people who have the books. I know it changed my mind and my life. I'll never look at relationships the same way again.
It's hard to read a book like that and answer the questions about it; one of the presuppositions it makes is that you're married. Or about to be. It doesn't quite deal with losers like me who've made a mess of their own lives; save to convict and instruct. The best way I can explain it is it's like learning to fly after you've already crashed the airplane.
Like I said, timing is everything.
This is me letting go.
There are so many things I've learned about being a man lately. I don't mean a male, I mean a man. I just finished reading a book that took me down a path of looking at the man I was and quite honestly, I didn't measure up. Not by anyone's standards and I have no excuses. Although forgiven, I will answer to God someday on behalf of my failures, especially the marriages and being a father.
I have some 'splainin to do and I don't think "I didn't know" is gonna get it done. I never quite understood the responsibilities of a man to his family. As I drove home, the point was made yet again and it just pierces me to the soul. I let my kids down. I let a lot of people down.
My kids are grown now and there's no way to get that back. We speak, and that's a blessing. It's my plan to purchase each of the kids two books; a Bible and the book I just finished; Maximized Manhood. I'm going to tell each of my sons that if they want to NEVER make the same mistakes I made in my life they will read both.
I gave my copy to a friend of mine at work. I think it will help him in his relationships. I gave away another copy to a father who really needs some help. You just never know what will happen; if read and followed it could change the lives of the people who have the books. I know it changed my mind and my life. I'll never look at relationships the same way again.
It's hard to read a book like that and answer the questions about it; one of the presuppositions it makes is that you're married. Or about to be. It doesn't quite deal with losers like me who've made a mess of their own lives; save to convict and instruct. The best way I can explain it is it's like learning to fly after you've already crashed the airplane.
Like I said, timing is everything.
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