Living from the Father's Heart

With my parents and youngest sister, Alicia For many years I have noticed a trend in our nation. Masculinity has been under attack. I am not talking about machismo which is not the same thing. It is a perversion of it, as well as many of the other misogynistic ways of thinking that have been popular over the years. A lot of people seem to think that the way to level the playing field is to knock manhood down instead of elevating the position of women in society. While it has been wrong for women to feel subjugated to the desires and demands of men, it is not a good reaction to diminish the role of the masculine in society. We are seeing many social ills today because some have ridiculed the role of men in society and because many men have abdicated their roles, not feeling like they have anything important to offer. I am not proposing a return to barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. That was not God's design for us. It is a creation of men that wanted control and power over...

What are we thinking? We often have many wrong ideas about God and His nature. We think that He acts one way and wants us to act another. We miss that He is a Father and we are created in His image. When we read the Bible, we often look at it from the perspective of a person that is condemned or a servant. We are reading to look for what is wrong with us now so that we can change a habit or be free of a particular sin. We use the Scripture to find the shortcomings in our lives. It is true that the Bible will show us the areas that we do not measure up to the standard of perfection that God has set, but that is not the primary purpose that it was given. All of Scripture is a love story. It starts with God placing man in a beautiful garden and then fellowshipping with them. When sin enters the picture, we see God fighting for the affections of His people and battling to show them His love and comfort. Even though man, in His fallen state misses God's plan and does not see His ...