Why Men Are So Emotional
What happens if a sensitive soul lives in a world that belittles the expression of emotion?
What if a boy doesn't find a safe place to come back to? What if his tears are constantly belittled? What if his defenses get stuck? What if he stops feeling?
Look around. Look within. You are most likely experiencing it. Who told men they weren’t allowed to feel?
When Your Heart Stops Feeling
Even as our hands grow callous from repeated pressure and friction, our hearts can also grow hard. The trouble is that a hardened heart stops feeling, and without our feelings we cannot grow into true maturity. We can continue to modify our behaviours, but we won't walk in wholeness and we won't be able to sustain the destiny we dream of. This hard-heartedness is becoming an epidemic in the world around us and most succumb to it for the sake of survival through this life.
Bedrooms of the Nations
What happens in the bedrooms of the nation has a profound affect on the souls of everyone alive. We are deceiving ourselves if we think otherwise. Are we willing to look in the eyes of young people who lived in the blow-out of what unrestrained sexual expression did to them? To their parents, friends and families?
Be loved
Your value extends beyond your physical appearance. It goes beyond your ability to turn someone’s head or keep the crowd’s attention with your beauty. You are allowed to desire to be known at a deeper level than just skin on skin. You are allowed to want to be feel safe in friendships and in a relationship.
Dude, You're Not Going To Die
There is often an expectation that all sexual needs and desires will be completely met once you are married to “the one”. Sorry to break it to you, bro, but, it’s just not true.
We, as husbands, will have to deny ourselves in order to serve our wives. This will apply to many aspects of the relationship. Guaranteed, it will affect the sexual dimension.
The Vulnerability of Being a Woman
You may be tempted to resist your very identity in order to not face such a vulnerable existence. If you have been hurt or disappointed, you may wish that you were tougher and that you could perpetually "shake it off", but it never works out quite the way we imagined it would. On paper our Canadian women are doing great. We have increasing access to scholarships and job promotions, sports achievement, and involvement in projects and causes. Yet, we are among the mass population of women who are self-medicating.
But it does not have to stay this way.
Shutting the door: What to do when you've gone further than you wanted to
I want to tell you that you’ve only gone too far if you don’t turn around. You may say, “You have no idea what I have done!”
I don’t have to know what you’ve done, because I know the mercy of God.
Hungry for Love
Just like physical hunger, we have a real need to be filled. We long to be reminded of our identity and value - who we are on the inside. A family and community can certainly fill some of our needs, but no one on earth can handle the full weight and pressure of another human heart.
What To Do When You Feel Lonely
In fear, we set up a construct around ourselves - attempting to form a bullet-proof shield. It turns out to be air-tight. Oxygen is running out. Our chests tighten, our vision blurs and we lose our bearings.
Four Things You Need To Be Before You Get Married
It is not about achieving perfection, but about direction.
It is about building a reputation and reputations are built through repetitions…