It occurred to me today as I was reflecting on a recent trip to Disneyland that the duck culture (why can't they have a culture?) has it completely backwards to our western culture. I'm not saying they're any better - I'm not saying that at all, but it at least intrigues me.
In our western culture, the girls are the "pretty" ones, where as the guys are pretty much whatever. Let me explain before you get a negative attitude on that statement. We [the women] are the ones who spend time primping and pruning to make ourselves appear prettier than the beauty God has already given us. We spend countless hours pouring over pictures that are superimposed by technology and blasted in our faces through the media of what "pretty" is. Which way to wear your hair, how to do your makeup better, what clothes to wear for your body type...the list goes on. The more extreme go and surgically add or remove things to/from their bodies so they can be "pretty. And why do we strive for this so much? Apart from the media telling us this is what we "should" be doing, we all desire the same thing: acceptance, approval, attention; and even more, the guys have stopped pursuing so in turn we feel we must.
Now the guys, while I credit you for the time you take with your primping, it is no where near what girls spend (at least for most, there are those who take just as long if not longer - but you're the minority and I'm talking about the masses here). I mean, some guys even roll out of bed and they're good to go - throw on some jeans, a clean shirt, and rustle your hair and your out the door in 32.4 seconds. Guys know that every little girl's dream is to get married - and every woman was once a little girl. They know that women are looking for that, and our whacked society is teaching the men that since that's what women want they can work for it. Leaving the men to their own devices and slowly being corrupted by what the media, society and culture says their role should be- the pursued; the womanizer; the unattached; the player; the ______ (fill in the blank) But the culture isn't teaching them that they should be protecting and providing and fighting for women who are, by design, weaker - yet still completely equal according to God.
In the western culture, we're losing that the men are supposed do the pursuing. The men are supposed to be grabbing the girls attentions and pursuing them in ways that show they can and will be their protector and provider. Instead, the girls are taking the lead and in a tragic way. They are seeking after full and total acceptance from not only a fallen culture, but a fallen world. Instead of looking up, we're looking to the left and to the right. Trying to find, be fully accepted and validated from our peers. This will never work. We (women and girls) have been burned way too much from the time we're itty bitty until our dying days. Every girl has been burned in some way, at some time, by another female. If you don't believe me - think back to junior high or high school. Girls can be vicious and it's terrible - and the worst part is we are encouraged to be so by everything that is worldly. Add on the fact that we also allow ourselves to be led on by too many worldly - and sometimes not worldly- guys and that the world tells us this is ok and you get a world full of hurt girls searching in the same places they get hurt for the acceptance they long for.
Girls: We need to be looking up towards God to fulfill us, lead us in the way He wants us to be, and learn to treat others (including those we have hurt and those who have hurt us). To satisfy our every need and quench the thirst of acceptance and approval we so long for. We need to go to His Word. First to recognize we need our Savior Jesus Christ (John 14:6; Acts 15:11, Ephesians 2:8-9...), second to lean on Him for all our needs (Proverbs 3:5-6; Rom 3:23; Isa 6:3) and third to embrace the woman He created us to be instead of comforming to the twisted beliefs of this world (Prov 31:10-31; Rom 12:2).
Guys: You too need to be looking up towards God to fulfill you and lead you in the way you should go - including the way you treat girls. You too need to go to His Word - recognize the need for Jesus Christ in your life (John 14:6; Acts 15:11, Ephesians 2:8-9...), lean on Him (Proverbs 3:5-6; Rom 3:23; Isa 6:3), and learn how to be the man you were created to be (1 Peter 3:7; Proverbs 10:9; Eph 5:25...). We need men in this world willing to stand up for what is right in God's eyes; willing to stand up for our integrity as well as your own in a world that cries for you to lose it all for the sake of a one night stand or cheap business deal.
So let's stand up for Jesus. Stand up for how God created us to be. Conform to HIS Word and not the world's. And hey, prayerfully, we'll have a great revival. Let's make a difference in this fallen world for the One who gave it all.
Ducks...ducks are different. The females aren't "pretty"; they don't stand out; there's nothing outwardly fascinating at first glimps - they are, in fact, plain jane. Simple and plain, kinda like Sarah, but not so tall (if you were in my 4th grade class you would get that). But what's hidden beneath is far different than the surface picture. If you look in the picture above, tucked beneath the plain feathers is a magnificent glimpse of color - their hidden beauty, if you will. Their external beauty is not flaunted for others to see, it's subtly tucked away - you have to look a bit closer.The guys are the ones with more physical beauty. They're heads are this beautiful, emerald green. A green different from what I've seen on any other creature. And why is this? Because in the duck culture the males pursue the girls and one of their biggest "selling" points is their beauty. There is no reason for the females to flaunt their beauty. They aren't the ones who are pursuing a mate and trying to get the attention. The males are doing the heavy lifting; they're pursuing; they're proving they care enough to work for their mate, to fight for her, protect her, provide for her. In our western culture, the girls are the "pretty" ones, where as the guys are pretty much whatever. Let me explain before you get a negative attitude on that statement. We [the women] are the ones who spend time primping and pruning to make ourselves appear prettier than the beauty God has already given us. We spend countless hours pouring over pictures that are superimposed by technology and blasted in our faces through the media of what "pretty" is. Which way to wear your hair, how to do your makeup better, what clothes to wear for your body type...the list goes on. The more extreme go and surgically add or remove things to/from their bodies so they can be "pretty. And why do we strive for this so much? Apart from the media telling us this is what we "should" be doing, we all desire the same thing: acceptance, approval, attention; and even more, the guys have stopped pursuing so in turn we feel we must.
Now the guys, while I credit you for the time you take with your primping, it is no where near what girls spend (at least for most, there are those who take just as long if not longer - but you're the minority and I'm talking about the masses here). I mean, some guys even roll out of bed and they're good to go - throw on some jeans, a clean shirt, and rustle your hair and your out the door in 32.4 seconds. Guys know that every little girl's dream is to get married - and every woman was once a little girl. They know that women are looking for that, and our whacked society is teaching the men that since that's what women want they can work for it. Leaving the men to their own devices and slowly being corrupted by what the media, society and culture says their role should be- the pursued; the womanizer; the unattached; the player; the ______ (fill in the blank) But the culture isn't teaching them that they should be protecting and providing and fighting for women who are, by design, weaker - yet still completely equal according to God.
In the western culture, we're losing that the men are supposed do the pursuing. The men are supposed to be grabbing the girls attentions and pursuing them in ways that show they can and will be their protector and provider. Instead, the girls are taking the lead and in a tragic way. They are seeking after full and total acceptance from not only a fallen culture, but a fallen world. Instead of looking up, we're looking to the left and to the right. Trying to find, be fully accepted and validated from our peers. This will never work. We (women and girls) have been burned way too much from the time we're itty bitty until our dying days. Every girl has been burned in some way, at some time, by another female. If you don't believe me - think back to junior high or high school. Girls can be vicious and it's terrible - and the worst part is we are encouraged to be so by everything that is worldly. Add on the fact that we also allow ourselves to be led on by too many worldly - and sometimes not worldly- guys and that the world tells us this is ok and you get a world full of hurt girls searching in the same places they get hurt for the acceptance they long for.
Girls: We need to be looking up towards God to fulfill us, lead us in the way He wants us to be, and learn to treat others (including those we have hurt and those who have hurt us). To satisfy our every need and quench the thirst of acceptance and approval we so long for. We need to go to His Word. First to recognize we need our Savior Jesus Christ (John 14:6; Acts 15:11, Ephesians 2:8-9...), second to lean on Him for all our needs (Proverbs 3:5-6; Rom 3:23; Isa 6:3) and third to embrace the woman He created us to be instead of comforming to the twisted beliefs of this world (Prov 31:10-31; Rom 12:2).
Guys: You too need to be looking up towards God to fulfill you and lead you in the way you should go - including the way you treat girls. You too need to go to His Word - recognize the need for Jesus Christ in your life (John 14:6; Acts 15:11, Ephesians 2:8-9...), lean on Him (Proverbs 3:5-6; Rom 3:23; Isa 6:3), and learn how to be the man you were created to be (1 Peter 3:7; Proverbs 10:9; Eph 5:25...). We need men in this world willing to stand up for what is right in God's eyes; willing to stand up for our integrity as well as your own in a world that cries for you to lose it all for the sake of a one night stand or cheap business deal.
So let's stand up for Jesus. Stand up for how God created us to be. Conform to HIS Word and not the world's. And hey, prayerfully, we'll have a great revival. Let's make a difference in this fallen world for the One who gave it all.
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