An Act of Heroism
This clip isn’t easy to watch, and my heart goes out to this mother and child. What a great example of virtue and TrueManhood from this husband and father. The man’s father puts it well by saying that love will fix the situation. It may seem ridiculous to some, but love heals. Afterall, do you think God liked seeing His Son dying on the cross? Not a chance. But, the love which Christ poured out for us, by giving up His life, was love at its core. This man, Brian Wood, knew what it meant to love.
This piece shows me several things:
- Our society has a drastically obvious double-standard about pro-life issues. Notice how this pregnancy happens to be a baby – in this setting – but in most others, it’s simply a blob, a tissue-mass or an embryo.
- Our society drastically misunderstands virtue. If you notice, several times the gentleman’s actions were misinterpreted, saying that he made a choice and acted. Although he did make a choice to sacrifice himself, he acted out of virtue. The virtue of courage was obviously a part of this man’s life.
- Our society will likely see a video clip like this and continue to abuse alcohol and drugs. Selfishness runs rampant in our culture. Fight it by not being selfish. Be a selfless servant.
My condolences to the family.
TrueMan u!
Porn Proves Deadly
As if our human reason wasn’t enough to tell us that pornography has deadly effects, here’s a story that surely will.
Picture this… An Ohio truck driver was barreling down the highway in upstate New York. The driver, at this
point sleep-deprived, is distracted. “What is distracting him?” you ask. The answer: Porn, being streamed on his laptop. The driver’s rig hit a disabled car on a New York State highway. The truck driver, a one Thomas Wallace, has been sentenced to three-to-nine years in prison for killing the driver, Julie Stratton, a 33-year-old mother of two. Stratton’s vehicle was disabled because she had hit a deer and was waiting for assistance in the passing lane shoulder.
Wallace pleaded guilty in May to second-degree manslaughter. Authorities say he’d slept no more than four of the 27 hours before the Dec. 12, 2010 crash that killed Stratton. The trucker tearfully apologized to the victim’s family at Wednesday’s sentencing. Sorry bro, your apology isn’t enough. Your apology doesn’t bring back a woman, a wife, a mother.
I was tempted to include a picture I came across that had “Fatal Accident” spelled out on top, with a graphic of an ambulance, the road and broken glass. However, I didn’t. This was no accident. An accident is when a bird poops on our head, or when we bump into someone walking around a corner. Wallace should have taken responsibility for his (extremely selfish) actions and disregard for humanity. “You can stuff your sorrys in a sack, mister.”
Let’s get one thing straight here – pornography kills. Sometimes figuratively, sometimes literally. Most of the men, women and children that view pornography every day won’t end up being in a situation like Wallace, unfortunately, some might. However, THEY ARE ALL in danger of killing their souls, their relationships, their ability to love, their ability to give, their ability to reason properly. Pornography kills.
Aristotle once said: “the angry man listens to reason, though not perfectly, but the lustful man does not listen to reason at all.”
TrueMan up!
I Must Do These Things!
I’ve been dropping the ball in an area of my life… consistently and repeatedly. I’ve been neglecting the one thing that should be my number one priority. I recently wrote an article all about priorities, yet I wasn’t really heeding my own advice. I didn’t realize what I was doing, or how my actions and lack of thoughtfulness were really affecting the situation. What it all really comes down to is that I’m selfish. I acknowledge this shortcoming and desire to work on it. I know that if I don’t work on being selfless, as opposed to selfish, I will ruin the things that are most important to me. Words, as in most situations, mean nothing when unsubstantiated by actions. My actions have been speaking volumes, and I am not proud of what they have been saying.
I’m speaking about my wife. She should be my top priority, but I take her for granted. She should be my motivation, but I only give her whatever time is left over. She should be who I concentrate on when I’m making plans, but instead I think only of myself. I could continue on with a hundred more examples of what I should be doing, but that would just be talking. I must show my wife, consistently and repeatedly, that what I profess with my mouth is also, and most importantly, what I DO. My wife deserves better and I intend to make amends, right the ship and continue on. It’s never easy to admit that I am struggling with something, and quite difficult not to become defensive about what I’ve done… but I’m striving for TrueManhood and I MUST do these things! I must continue on, but I must strive to be like Christ. I’m far from Him and unworthy of being followed sometimes, yet there’s one person who I can’t lead astray, and that’s my wife.
I write all of this to show that we’re all on a journey and that each of us must continually strive to grow in TrueManhood and ultimately, in holiness. Never give up. Continue to strive for perfection, as our Heavenly Father is perfect.
Man up!
Just Because He Can
I took my wife out for dessert on Mother’s Day. While talking with her, I noticed (through a window) a male shuffling around his Hummer H2. He entered the vehicle and proceeded to pull forward. Sounds pretty normal, right? Well, in front of his vehicle was not open pavemen, but a grassy curbed area of the parking lot, for which he had complete disregard. I noticed him doing this, quickly told Catherine to turn around and look and was genuinely frustrated at what I just witnessed. She said, “There’s tomorrow’s post.”
I wanted to write about how this wanna-be alpha male acted this way just because he can. He knows that he most likely won’t be confronted. He knows that his truck is going to have no problem driving over a wimpy 8 inch sloped curb. In my head, I’m thinking to myself that this guy, if confronted about his actions, would say something like “But I drive a H2, and I can drive over anything I want to.” He probably thinks that “because he can”, he should.
First off, he’s selfish. He doesn’t think about anyone but himself. Secondly, he has total disregard and zero respect for others and their property. He didn’t care that the curb may have cracked, or that the grass might have been destroyed or any other possibility (regardless of how far-reaching they might be). He was selfish, thinking only about himself and his H2. Thirdly, he wasn’t interested in the example he was setting. He very well might have had children in the vehicle with him and because of his selfishness, the children now believe that it’s acceptable to act this way. Fourthly, he probably never contemplates the consequences of his actions, but believes that if he wants to do something, he should. What’s the problem with a guy like this, besides his lack of respect for others? He wants people to spoon feed him things, to come behind him and clean up after him and he expects that he’ll never be responsible for anything, because he’s a “dude”.
I understand the desire to drive over stuff in a 4×4, I do it regularly… but not private property. I thoroughly enjoy off-roading in my Avalanche… but I do it respectfully. That’s not the point. My point is that being selfish is not manly. My point is that total disregard for others and their property is not manly. My point is that being a societal leach is detrimental to others. Be a TrueMan, respect others, be accountable to yourself for what you do, and know that others are watching you.
Man up!
