Mental AND Spiritual Toughness

Today I'm thinking about what a blessing it is to be surrounded by my men. Beginning with David. The man he is now compared to the man I married is unmeasurable. He was new to faith and had been beat up by life quite a bit. He was unsure and unsteady in leadership and thrown in with this wild and hard headed girl. He is the most intelligent man around and yet doesn't see it. Steady. Curious. Musical. Logical. Artistic. Sarcastic. From our first ministry and flipping hamburgers through many many odd jobs; he has had the humbleness and fortitude to provide for us and minister to his people. Through thick and thin. He is a man of mental and spiritual toughness. A man who is faithful and loves his boys with a love that no one could break. A man who has truly laid down his life for his family. He does not waiver on his belief or change with every wind of doctrine.

That is what we need right now. Men with the mental and spiritual toughness to see their families through and lead them through life. Men with the toughness to be gentle, loving, firm and steady. Men to lead and to love with passion and singleness of mind.

"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong." 1 Cor. 6;13

"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power." Ephesians 6:10

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