are there any Godly men out there?

Hi ladies,

ever have one of those days where you feel like there just arent any men out there stepping up to their Godly calling?

ever think there just aren't enough Godly men in the church?

ever feel like your holding out for an ideal that just isnt realistic?



well ......... I've been there. sometimes its hard to keep on going with pruity, modesty, humility and all those other atributes we proverbs 31 women are striving for, we look around and wonder whats the point especially when it appears:

1) there are so few christian men,

2) the christian men we do have are settling for non christian women (a problem which works the other way too),

3) men have been so stripped of their warrior spirit that they have just stopped trying,

4) some of these men are settling for the world's view of dating instead of God's intended courtship.



Well whether you are awaiting a godly husband yourself or praying for your daughters and other young women in your life, i want to encourage you that these men we are searching for are out there. Today Jo and I were discussing this problem and were feeling slightly down hearted about it; what is the point in encouraing young girls to strive for greater things, to wait for a man who will truly honour her, will live by God's standards and to set her heart on being the wife and mother God called her to be when really there are so few guys out there who fit this criteria.



Firstly as i was browsing the wonderful blogging world that ive recently discoverd i came upon this http://themaledomain.blogspot.com/, a blog for men seeking to be these warriors we women are searching for; men who treat their wives with deep respect, love her in the way God loves his bride, who raise their children to be God fearing, who protect their daughters and encourage their sons to be the Godly men they are called to be, men who are searching for their proverbs 31 woman. This was such a relief to me today and i want to tell you there are guys out there who are looking for respectable Godly women, so keep working towards your hearts desire becasue the future wife of some of these men could be you. 'Delight yourself in the lord and he will give you the desires of your heart' psalm 37:4.



My second thought for today; sat beside us where 4 wonderful boys, boys who are being trained to seek the heart of God, to honour women and to set their eyes on higher things. These boys may be too young for courtship right now but what a joy it is to know that when we young women marry and have daughters there will be God honouring men for them to marry. And as for our future sons, it is our responsibility to train them to be the kind of men we would pray our daughters marry. On God tv today i heard the phrase 'you cannot change a culture without changing the hearts of the individual'. It is our responsibility not to complain that there aren't enough Godly men out there but instead to look at the men around us (whether young or old) and consider how we can pray for their hearts and how we can encourage them in their walk with God. Looking at the big piture is often helpful but in this case i think its best to start small, look at how God can use you to change one person's heart rather than how you can change a culture set in its ways. It may be that you decided to pray for and encourage the guys in your youth group, your brothers or other male relatives or you may pray for the mother's of young boys as they take on the task of raising Godly sons.

So when we are having one of these days there are two things we can do:
firstly - remember not to generalise, it may feel like there arent any Godly guys out there but there really are.
secondly - look around you and discover what your responsibility is for the men in your life right now.