Wes's Thoughts

“A leader in the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has declared that the breakdown of traditional families, far from being a “crisis,” is actually a triumph for human rights.

Speaking at a colloquium held last month at Colegio Mexico in Mexico City, UNFPA representative Arie Hoekman denounced the idea that high rates of divorce and out-of-wedlock births represent a social crisis, claiming that they represent instead the triumph of “human rights” against “patriarchy.””
— [http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/feb/09020312.html]

patriarchy was established by God, first in the garden at the creation of man, and later affirmed in the new covenant (1cor. 11:3). since it is God’s design, we need to have a biblical understanding, and a obedient lifestyle.

“Contrary to common understanding, true Biblical Patriarchy is not man dominance, but God dominance through man as head of his household, where he must love his household as Christ loves the church and if necessary lay down his life for it.” [http://www.patriarchywebsite.com/bib-patriarchy/bib-patr-is.htm]

don’t get me wrong: there are countless examples of abuse of the role of a patriarch (as alleged later in the article), just as there are countless examples of abuse by government officials, or spiritual leaders, or any other group in the human race. but abuse by one doesn’t mean the whole group is a failure or wrong in it’s efforts. it just means particular members who have been given responsibility have failed to uphold their trust.

God designed and guided patriarchy is essential for God followers of this day. it must be assertive, not passive, but also sacrificial, not domineering, a tough balancing act to walk. and dodging the arrows of the enemy and archers of the day won’t be easy! but may God fill and bless the men who dare to walk according to His calling, leading, caring for and protecting those given into his care. and may the Patriarch who we are to represent be praised by our every word and action, and never shamed.

~ sola dei gloria ~

a recent cartoon in the Oregonian by jack ohman (12/23/08) [http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/jack_ohman/] spoke most eloquently in describing the heart of the average american of today. may i ask, are your thoughts similar? do you feel the life that is currently befalling you less than what you deserve? are you worthy of better blessings from life?

” … God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are .. ” {lu. 18:11}

“There seems to be a lack of co-ordinated leadership and a sense of direction as to what the appropriate policy approach ought to be,” he said “But that is asking a lot because one of the things that is becoming increasingly clear is that this crisis knows no boundaries – its scope and magnitude seem to be expanding the longer it goes on.”
– Mike Lenhoff, the chief strategist at Brewin Dolphin {http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/3146097/FTSE-100-heads-for-sharpest-fall-since-1987.html}

isn’t this interesting: this lack of leadership also seems apparent among believers; i have yet to hear of a prominent christian leader calling believers to prayer and fasting for our nation. forget the economy, what’s the condition of the church, and especially that of individual believer’s hearts??

are our hearts so preconditioned by the attitudes of the world that we don’t hear the voice of the LORD in all this? have we effectively become doctrinal deists in that we believe life goes on here without intimate involvement by our LORD? have we become so thoroughly infected with the new religion of the day as originally summed up by w. clement stone as “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” that we believe we can simply overcome the LORD’s doing by the sheer power of our positive beliefs??

just what is the proper response of one who is of ‘the way’, one who is of the truth?