King

Isaiah 44: 6 "This is what the LORD says— Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.

Today I want to follow up to my post yesterday. Yesterday I told you about a recent conversation with my husband. Conversations about faith are rare in our marriage in order to keep the peace *grin*. In this instance my husband’s heart opened to listen. On this particular evening he listened and asked questions which I didn’t realized he wrestles with.

Scroll down to read and then come back because I would like your perspective.

Several days after this conversation, I was dissecting it all. You know what I mean. Those of us who live unequally yoked anguish over these talks. We anguish and struggle, looking for any hint of movement in their position about faith. We ponder over the words again and again in our minds. For weeks! We are desperate to find understanding or some small glimpse into where his thoughts and beliefs might lye.

Out of the words I discovered something I didn’t realize. This applies to just my husband but it makes me wonder if other men are also perplexed in this.

My husband hears all the time about God’s love. We attend a very seeker friendly church and I know messages from the pulpit always focus on love and forgiveness. I know for me, as a woman, I eat this up. Looking at God’s qualities of love, faithfulness, forgiveness, etc. feeds that need in me.

However, there is the regal side of God. He is a King. Kings demand justice. Kings are rulers. They wield power. They make decisions which affect the masses. They are responsible and accountable for many lives and the kingdom’s property.

With this said, do you think that men need to hear more about God’s leadership, His power, His promise of justice. Are we over preaching the soft side of our Lord? Do men want a roll model that is a warrior?

When I answered my husband’s hard question last week, I told him God is a King. That single sentence resonated with him. I saw for the first time that men, or at least mine, want to view God as the rightful King that he is.

Your thoughts?

Be blessed, Lynn