The Emotionally Isolated Man
In today’s world self-strength and self-confidence is often held as though it was precious gold or stones of brilliance. Many joke about men being emotionally cut off, detached from their feelings, lone wolves who don’t need the support of others to “succeed” in life. But is this true?
Did our Heavenly Father create us this way? Were we created to be self-dependant… even dependent from one’s emotions? Did He intend for us to live a life of suppressing the very emotions and feelings He has placed within each of us?
Looking back we see right from the start God has care for our feelings… our emotions. Adam found himself depressed in that there was no one there for him, truly a “lone wolf” at the time. What did God do for him? Yes, created a help meet… created Eve (in fact Adam’s loneliness was the first thing God called “bad”.). And sadly not long after Adam found himself embarrassed and ashamed of his nakedness. What did God do for him then? Did He tell him to “suck it up” and bury those feelings? No, He cared for Adam.
What about the eleven disciples after Christ’s crucifixion? Did they
go they separate ways, ignoring their feelings of despair, hopelessness,
and disappointment? Rather than pretending that their hopes weren’t
shattered, that they feelings weren’t present or that they could handle
their emotions alone… they gathered together in the upper room. Even
the disciples realized the importance of the comfort each of them could
offer each other.
And if this was not the intentions of our Creator, why (or how) has society
moved away from God’s original blue print? Sadly with a divorce rate
of one in every two marriages many sons are left with either week-end dads
or worse… no dad at all. How often are men raised with a father in
the house, yet seemly fatherless due the ever increasing demand of achieving
worldly success? How many men pass on such scars to their sons, taking place
from generation to generation?
Whatever the source of such worldly views, the countless forms of media we are faced with daily have picked up on this belief and have continued to feed the poisonous fire that men are “programmed” with no need for their feelings, that allowing their emotions and feelings to show is only presenting their weaknesses to the world.
But isn’t it true? Does not the expression of our emotions often shine light upon one’s “weakness”? How often do we remember Christ’s words “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”
Dare we say… Let the Light shine upon our weaknesses!
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