Intrigued

So, the past few weeks/month, I have undertaken a study of sorts... a study of Christ-like manhood. A study of what God intended men to be like... and seriously, I've never been more intrigued. I've fallen in love, honestly... not with a particular man, but with the characteristics of a "warrior-poet", as Leslie Ludy calls them. From personal experience, it is SO easy to be discouraged in the current state of men when you're attending college. Most guys are using this new found freedom to party, drink, smoke, have sex with dozens of girls...whatever they want. Personally, that is NOT AT ALL the kind of guy I want to marry. Lately though, my eyes have been opened to see more and more warrior poets around me. It's truly an incredible sight.
Perhaps the biggest characteristic of a warrior-poet is as follows:
"The mark of a warrior-poet does not lie in his perfection, but in the direction of his life. Is he aiming for the world or aiming for Christ? Is he eagerly pursuing more of Christ or is he preoccupied with himself? If his life's direction is pointed toward 'less of me and more of Him,' then he has the warrior-poet blood within his veins, even if God has not yet rasped and refined all the rough edges of his masculinity. If he has made Christ the center of his existence, then Christ will be faithful to smooth away the wrinkles and refine him more and more into His divine likeness."-Leslie Ludy
Men were also created to be leaders. They are to initiate. They are to be the last word on important decisions in marriage. I personally LOVE that. I'm not a particularly brazen, pushy person (or I like to think that) and I love that my husband (if I am meant to be married), will one day be the LEADER of our family and household. Women were made to support them and take care. That's honestly one of the things I'm looking forward to most in marriage... supporting my husband and encouraging him to lead and be a warrior for Christ.

For some reason, I'm struggling to find the words to write about this topic- though it excites me greatly- and I keep deleting things and I'm sure what I've already written sounds like gibberish. So I guess I'll just leave off there for now, and if I can form flowing, coherent thoughts later, I will continue sharing about my study. :)

-Shelby :)