Your all right on track. Lets agree together.
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:56:41 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> In a message dated 6/29/00 4:22:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > We *ain't about "building committed MEN!"
> > We ain't about providing "godly male role models for boys to
> admire"
> >
> OK, if this is the case, Then this is the very reason why we don't
> have any
> to begin with. You can't have outreach if you are not prepared for
> it. How
> can we teach the boys to be committed if we ourselves are not
> committed? We
> have to provide the Godly male role models as it is stated in the
> Leader's
> handbook because they will most likely not get that anywhere else.
> We have to
> BE the Godly male role models. If we don't provide this then the
> boys have
> no example to follow after. Jesus didn't just show and say get
> right or get
> left, He showed us, He taught us, with His commitment and
> dedication. He
> could just as well have said let the blind lead the blind, but he
> didn't
> Christ was our role model and He provided us with the tools to be
> role
> models. If He had not provided us with that, He would not have
> commanded us
> to into all the World and make disciples of all men. You can't
> hammer out
> nails if you have no foundation in which to build upon. Boys do not
> have the
> foundation, They turn to the adults to get that to inspire and
> instruct them
> and encourage them. They are not going to do it on their own. Boys
> have to
> be given the tools to work with. If the tools that they are working
> with are
> broken, (Being the adult lack of commitment) they have no where to
> turn and
> cannot build their foundation. Hence come the point of that we are
> all in it
> together, we are all on the same team, so let's start proving it.
> Deeds, not
> words. Anyone can give a good lip service, but it takes quite a
> person to
> walk the talk.
>
>
> Iron Mike
>
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