Wild at Heart - Review

I recently finished the book Wild at Heart, by John Eldredge.

What a great book.

Now, for one, he may be a little "outside the box" for some Christian readers, but the substance and insight into manhood he provides in the book was priceless to me.

I have sought to know for a while now more clearly what real and biblical manhood looks like. I long to be the husband, father, friend, etc. that I am meant to be. Mr. Eldredge takes time in this book to share what manhood really is from God's perspective, all the while sharing real and personal thoughts from his own life and the lives of those he interacts with.

He gets into the deep hurts of a man, the longings inside a man, a man's relationship with women, and more.

The book provided great personal insight for me into my own life - revealing deep hurts and wrong tendencies - and my own journey to become to man God has made me to be.

I would highly recommend this book to any man (or woman - my wife learned more about me reading it!), especially those looking to grow into the man God wants them to be.

Happy reading!

Male, or Man?

Taken from The Art of Manliness, here.

My brother recently turned me on to The Art of Manliness. I have enjoyed what I have seen in the site so far, and appreciate their heart - Restoring the lost art of manliness.


One of the strong desires in my heart lately is to be a man - in more than the body part kind of way - but to have the heart, will, strength, courage, vision, love, and gentleness that a man was meant to have. To be the man that God has created me to be.

Unfortunately, manhood and men in general are not celebrated or encouraged in today's day. You don't have to look too far to see a man being portrayed as a dumb, sloppy, disconnected, selfish, sports hungry, video-game addicted man (rather, male I should say, as there is a difference). And, as men we have fulfilled that role pretty well.

I want to be a part of the generation of real men. Sacrificial men. Strong men. God's men. It was A.W. Tozer who said:

The most critical need of the church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer and much humility, the coming again of men made of the stuff of which prophets and martyrs are made.

So I encourage you, men, in your journey to be the man that God meant for you to be, check out The Art of Manliness. Though I don't believe it is written from a biblical perspective, manliness is biblical, and there are many articles there that will help you in restoring the lost art of manliness.

By the way, here is a great article I read recently on being a frugal man - an area I have been growing in (and still growing) over the past couple of years. Click here to check it out.

Walking with God

I have a brief, few minutes to share what God has been doing in my heart.

Let me first say, that God is so loving, so kind, so gracious toward me. As His child in Christ, I feel Him taking me by the hand lately and walking me through life. He is both walking with me and leading me. It's so intimate, so kind, so personal.

The fact that God is even mindful of me is astonishing.

But to sense Him actually walking with me, and even better, sensing His love and delight toward me... It's unexplainable. It's unfathomable!

How can God love me?!

As I have wrote recently, it has been hard for me in the past to believe that the all-powerful, all-mighty, perfct and holy God would delight in imperfect me. But through Jesus, He does. I have been grafted in, I can partake of His love, I am beloved and part of the family. It was He in His love who chased me down even before I ever knew Him!

And the fact that He is even walking with me through this life is truly amazing.

How can this be? God with me?

That's it. Simple, yet miraculous. Seemingly common, but all so real to me lately.

I'm so grateful.