The Gospel According to Matt

For those of you don’t know, some people have declared today National Man Day.  It all started as a grassroots Facebook movement and has grown from there.  At least 260,000 men have pledged to do something manly on June 15.  I’m sure the fair-minded Federal Government will be making it official to promote gender equality (hear the sarcasm dripping from my keyboard).

Frankly, I think all of these ‘national’ days are stupid—when did we start celebrating mediocrity?  Let’s celebrate when people do exceptional things; but let’s just keep moving forward when people do what they’re created to do.  It’s like they say in football: “When you score a touchdown, act like you’ve done it before” (feel free to apply this metaphor to anything men like to do).

So how about we chuck this whole man-day thing and be manly everyday.  Contrary to what our culture tells us, it’s okay to be a man (just saw a Gillette commercial telling men how to shave their chest and armpit hair, no kidding!).  Can’t our manhood be the rule not the exception?  Can’t we be strong and courageous, adventurous and daring, direct and honest, everyday?

Let’s take our friends fishing, our sons hunting, and our bikes onto the open road on a regular basis!  Let’s get out of our boring basements and onto the battlefields of spiritual warfare—that’s something our wives would love to see!  Let’s get out of our 9-to-5′s and keep one eye in the moment and one eye on the future.  Let’s be proud of “the Grind,” so long as “the Grind” is an avenue to greatness for our families and our faith.  In short, let’s boldly be what God created us to be: Men.