Paul's Uncomfortable Verses About Women

[Paul Vusik]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

Paul, before I went any further on my points and counterpoints, I just wanted to acknowledge this heartfelt post. As a fellow failure, I just wanted to give a big Amen to what you wrote here. We can banter back in forth about our interpretations and understandings, but the most important thing is what have we done with the gifts and responsibilities that the Lord has given us. This is especially true for Christian men who have wives and families.
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Untohim,

I’ll say Amen also, to you and anyone that has the guts to admit mistakes and face questions and circumstances head on, rather than saying “we all made mistakes, and not perfect”, and just bury them under the proverbial rug. I find it puzzling that in a lot of so called Christian community now days, saying “I’m sorry” or taking responsibility, talking about reality of life and things you face every day, is considered to make you less of a man. The societal interference on our image and standing, as a some kind of measurement of success and substance, is destroying the living fabric and true nature of what it means to be a Christian.

I know that this is off topic here, forgive me, but I would just say that the simplest concept that the Lord show me this, is in the way that I do regular maintenance on my car. When I purchased it, it was new, was just made. However after driving it for a bit, even the brand new car will have a light come on that says “Maintenance Required”. I have two choices, act on it, or ignore it! Will my car still drive for a while if I do nothing? Yep. Will it still look good on the outside and even smell new on the inside? Yep. However, if I just ignore it, and as one gal once asked me, “can I have some electrical tape so that I can put over the light so it doesn’t bother me”, and go on, there is another one that comes on. It’s a bit more serious, it’s the “Check Engine” light. I can still drive, although might not be at it’s full power and full force, but hey, doesn’t it still look great? Smell great? I can have it so detailed on the outside, it would look immaculate! No one can see my electrical tape anyway covering up those bright shining lights!
It’s only when one day on the way to work, my car that looks great, abruptly gives up driving, your whole dashboard is lid up, and you find yourself stranded on the busy intersection with emergency lights flashing. All the onlookers are just amazed and dumbfounded, how can such a brand new car, that looks so immaculate, have smoke coming out from under the hood and is totally disabled? But it’s only you that knows why! There isn’t enough tape to cover it up anymore, and it’s kind of late anyway, the tow truck is there and everyone seen what happened.
So is our live. How many times instead of doing what I should have done, I listen to someone who said, “it’s not that important”, or instead of going to the Mechanik, I went to contractor and asked for some tape? No big deal I thought. How many times when God was trying to put a road block and make me stop, I just detoured around it, by saying it’s just isn’t that important. It’s only when you get a bill, for the repairs that you neglected, that $100 oil change and maintenance, looks like a 50 cent bubble gum in comparison. We all been there to some extent or another, but what’s very unfortunate is that not everyone is willing to expose the truth of what’s matters in life, rather just keeps polishing that exterior, since you know that according to our society, IMAGINE that’s all that matters!