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Men what is going on in your heart?
One of the greatest challenges we face as men today is standing in the strength of what it means to be a man. The fact is most of us did not have the kind of fathers that knew how to initiate their sons into manhood. The consequence is generations of tentative men. Men that are hungry for something they don't even know how to define. At the core, it's a connection with who they were meant to be.
Men, among men, revealing the image of God. This is a societal problem that will only increase as the years go by, unless men come into their own and begin to bless their sons with the strength and wisdom inherent to healthy, spiritual fathers.
What is going on inside of me?
Many men don't even know how to identify the state of their own soul. Yet, if we become still long enough, oftentimes we begin to hear the voices of sadness, anger, fear, hate, shame, and this frightens us. So, we go back to the task of doing, ignore the heart, and continue in isolation from those that love us the most. We are fearful of being known, because we wonder whether we really have what it takes, or if we are enough. Or worse yet, who would love us if they really knew us?
Is it possible that behind your deepest weakness and brokenness is found your deepest gift? What if behind the addictions, the rage, the lethargy, the performance, or whatever your story is, what if behind that is found the essence of who you are and the ultimate plan of God to express a vibrant and passionate life in and through you? What if that is where the strong and powerful man you want to be is found? Or, the man that knows and gives love without fear? For, it is in our weakness that God grants us his strength to be the men he has called us to be.
Some of us struggle in our relationship with God. Is it possible that the foundation of the struggle is that we have never faced ourselves? How can we let God see us for who we are, if we won't do it ourselves? In reality, this is where we come to know God. When we open up and take an honest look at who we are. There we meet God. His face to our true face. Not the mixture of masks that hide us from God and those around us. But the authentic truth about us. This is our hope. To see ourselves for who we really are. To stand before God and others and say, this is me. In this space we can finally discover the love of God that may seem like a mystery to us.
What many turn to?
Many men live isolated lives where they are not even sure who they are. What about you could you use some help getting unstuck?
Eric has been helping men get unstuck for over 7 years beginning with himself. In 2000 Eric hit rock bottom a figured out that the only way out was to get real with himself, God, and other men.
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