Posted on 05/03/2024 9:50:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Good points, Job’s wives.
Convert her
Son wouldnt go near Christian women.
A d he is a 10 in every way.
Consider becoming a “passport bro” and seek a good traditional woman overseas. The Philipines for instance. Supposedly there are many attractive women there who would highly value a man like you. Of course there are also scam artists so be careful.
following the Gospel and actually LIVING the Gospel are rarely the same thing. many people say they believe IN God but how many of those same people BELIEVE God?
Too bad there are so few Scriptures detailing The Husband Of Noble Character.
and the wisdom to be able to separate your Needs from your Wants
Go to a conservative Presbyterian church in a Chinese neighborhood.
It's like we're living under the Weimar Republic. It's not sustainable.
“and the wisdom to be able to separate your Needs from your Wants”
I like that. Thanks.
I agree. We seem to be skating on thin ice as a society.
Nice rant. There are lots of single, Christian young women around here. They say all the dudes play video games and watch porn. Then, go hang out with male friends.
Joseph, he took Mary as his wife, “being a righteous man” then was given direct Divine guidance to accept her even though expecting.
He also was a dedicated carpenter, and followed the direct divine instructions taking the child into Egypt, and following the instructions of Mosaic Law.
He didn’t question the Angel ever, as Zacharias did.
Mormon?
Hard to predict what will happen next.
“Husbands, love your wives” is in Ephesians.
Christ is our model, how did he treat women?
Babtists.
They say he let a woman wash his feet with her hair and her tears.
Our "culture" is incapable of teaching anything other than the lowest common denominator. Teaching sons and daughters is the parents' job.
When young men are rejected 99% of the time, I could see this behavior as a result. Why bother with women, and then what to do?
Your post made my day. You hit on so many points that it’s hard to answer.
My only suggestion is to pray for a wife if you are not already doing it. The Lord knows how to bring the right one to you.
I am 40 now and experienced the same observations in church youth groups and college in the ’98-’06 era. It was always worse in metro areas like Raleigh/Chapel Hill …. Affluent young women—in church, yes— for whom money seemed the background measure of all worth. They saw all guys through that filter.
What this environment is doing to young men and women is prolonging adolescence… not making one “ready for” children, home, marriage, etc. Your timeline description is spot-on. The society and the church both lend credence to the idea that one must do all these things before thinking about (fill in the blank).
Of course, this pushes those realizations into the mid/late 30s for most people. And despite the world’s rejection or ignorance of God’s sexual standards, this mentality also tells young Christians that they should endure 10-15 years of celibacy while achieving all the things that make them “ready for” …. Or maybe just adopt the pagan world’s behavior in the meantime (?? Many are muddled or silent on the issue). This is a setup for failure on both fronts.
I know so many people who are now in their mid-30s, with degrees (many Masters), unmarried, childless, non-homeowners, etc. who are no more ready or mature than me at 18. Sure, many will probably marry at some point and have their statistical 1.6 children. Maybe they’ll even be better off financially in some cases.
But they either won’t have, or will long-delay, the hard-to-experience-but-needful reality that marriage and family typically bring to young people and society: It forces you to live outside of yourself and die to your self-interest. All the inward, naval-gazing mental angst I experienced when younger just kind of went away and were forgotten as my problems became how to care for others.
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