Life, edited for your viewing pleasure... and a church rant
That's what we want, isn't it? To be able to get rid of the parts of life we dont want the world to see? Our dark secrets, our fears, failings, humiliations, all gone?
Thus is the power of the blog.
I'm going to assume no recent readers, since I haven't had any recent comments. But, so everyone knows, this blog has been edited. Some. I won't deny I was having a bad patch, and may yet have a worse one. But I no longer wanted to write everything I'd written, so I unwrote it.
I don't feel different. But maybe someone won't see some things I wrote stupidly. It's like speaking, only some things can actually be unsaid if the readers only come once in a while.
Or not at all.
But Real Life isn't that way. No, life is unedited, ongoing, and raw, but without complete coverage. You can never see all the sides of an event. Or a personal struggle. I edited this in the hopes that it might prevent me from making a Large mistake out there.
Church Rant:
Why does the church ignore single men? There is great support for single women, but single men get the shaft. At men's events, the focus is on (mostly) being a better father or husband, biblically. But I haven't seen or heard much for single men. In fact the only single author in the Bible I can think of is Paul. I also can't recall any specific promises or challenges God has for single men. Are we unwanted, undesirable, second class believers? What is it? And Why?
Thus is the power of the blog.
I'm going to assume no recent readers, since I haven't had any recent comments. But, so everyone knows, this blog has been edited. Some. I won't deny I was having a bad patch, and may yet have a worse one. But I no longer wanted to write everything I'd written, so I unwrote it.
I don't feel different. But maybe someone won't see some things I wrote stupidly. It's like speaking, only some things can actually be unsaid if the readers only come once in a while.
Or not at all.
But Real Life isn't that way. No, life is unedited, ongoing, and raw, but without complete coverage. You can never see all the sides of an event. Or a personal struggle. I edited this in the hopes that it might prevent me from making a Large mistake out there.
Church Rant:
Why does the church ignore single men? There is great support for single women, but single men get the shaft. At men's events, the focus is on (mostly) being a better father or husband, biblically. But I haven't seen or heard much for single men. In fact the only single author in the Bible I can think of is Paul. I also can't recall any specific promises or challenges God has for single men. Are we unwanted, undesirable, second class believers? What is it? And Why?
posted by byronfrombyron at 8:41 AM
2 Comments:
I appreciate your concern. REALLY. But as you said, we haven't talked for a long time. It has honestly been quite a while since I've tried to have a relationship. years. before mom died. I feel good about that. But if you look at scripture, most of God's challenges for men are for MARRIED men. What drives men? challenges. At this point, I want to move to the next part of my life, and take on challenges I've been unable to. I cannot say that I know I am ready, but how many can? I'm also applying this to parenthood as well as the relationship thing.
Why would it seem like constant obsession to you? It only has happened to be on my mind when I've blogged, so that's been blogged about. Also, with the deleted post, I was more asking for prayer that I don't make a bad decision, not advice or opinions on A or B. Whether both would end up being bad decisions, I cannot say. But I knew that one would, and needed support that I would have the resolve to avoid a known bad situation.
Ministry for single men? Interesting, but I'm not equipped, I think. I know I'm concerned and frustrated by the lack of it. With the Men's ministry currently at church most of the stuff is either for men with families or focused at least toward that. I'm not saying I blame the church for putting the situation it understands easiest forward, but I know that single men need better clarification of God's challenges to us. That said, Paul and Christ were unique individuals, Christ moreso.
As far as the dating thing, I'm not looking just to date. I don't want that. I want the next thing in life. I'm too old to keep trying. I don't want to go though starting more than one more time.
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