the art of manliness

Dear readers (the few that I may may may have),
I am so freaking excited to write about this website that a friend introduced me to. Being that I am a girl, and this website is called artofmanliness.com, it may not really apply to me...but we'll see about that.

You see, it started like this. I listen to 99.5 KKLA on the way to work every morning and hear some awesome sermons, awesome speakers, awesome topics. And when I get to work, I unfailingly gchat with a friend that is always at work when I am. One day, he messages me with a quote that I had heard that morning on 99.5 and we discover that we both listen to the same radio station and the same time, thus hearing the same messages every morning.

Today, Voddie Baucham was on familylife (on 99.5). His book is called: "What He Must Be...If He Wants to Marry My Daughter." Haha, how awesome is that? One of his "qualifications" for this man was to be one who is able to lead a woman just as Christ leads His Church...and the subject came up of...feminine men. That men have become feminized in our feminist culture of today because women want to be independent and equal. I personally don't. I want to be led.

Back to my friend who I gchat with. He sent me a most fitting and appropriate website that a trendy website catcher email sent him: http://artofmanliness.com/

This website is INCREDIBLE. I wonder, how many guys these days are truly manly. What does it even mean to be really "manly"? I mean, how many men are truly manly like Jesus? Able to sacrifice and to love and to lead, even when it hurts their pride, makes them feel unmanly, or is hard.

I feel like what women see as "manly" might not always be what a man sees as "manly." Correct me if I'm wrong.

What really stuck out to me was the fact that this website had a section called "Relationships and Family." Men, because you are men, relationships must be vital and vital and more vital to you. Relationships with everyone! How men command relationships and work at them really reflect the image of God. And I don't think that working on relationships means that a man is becoming more sensitive or soft - I think he's becoming more manly! Sensitive to the needs of the people that surround him, yes, but a sensitive softie, no. In fact I think this is very manly of him. But this does NOT in any way mean that women should be hands off in relationships to let the men do all the work... heck to the no.

But generally, I think women are more willing and better at doing relationships, if you must. :) (Actually, maybe not).

And guess what else this incredible website has... Dress & Grooming, Health & Sports, Money & Career, Manly Skills. Oh man, what else can a man ask for? It is the ultimate manual on how to be a man. Haha.

I wish someone made a website called artofwomanliness.com. Because we women desperately need it, too. Maybe this is my next step........... if I become a famous blogger and God gives me wisdom like Solomon of how to be a Godly woman, because I still am not. But I think this site will also be good for women. To see some of the things men struggle with and why some things are harder for them than for us. To be more gracious to our brothers, help them, help them help us. Because I've found out that men and women are so very different...