Above is a pic of my youngest daughter and me.
My Husband, My brother in Christ
...so now it is your turn.
Chapter 9 of John Ensor's Doing Things Right in the Matters of the Heart is just another one of those chapters where he writes...
well, he just writes so well that I think even the most extreme feminist would turn to Christ and cry out "Woe is me for I am undone!"
He begins this chapter with: Imagine that I heard a door crack. An intruder has entered my home. My three children are asleep in their beds. My wife lies next to me. I turn to her and shake her awake. "Hey babe, there is someone in the house! I got up last time, so now it is your turn."
and includes: When the titanic sank, the manly call went out: "Women and children first!" ... Would the same thing happen today or was all that just a reflection of the times? In 1988, Glamour magazine reported that 66% of respondents thought that if the Titanic incident were ever to be repeated, 50% of the seats should be reserved for men and 50% for women. My suspicion is that this is one of those situations in which ideology is again trying to beat down a stubborn truth. And if someone on the new Titanic ordered things that way, my suspicion is that the women sitting on the rafts would think low of the men sitting there... the men who survived would have "some 'splainin to do." They would be considered weak men for not thinking of themselves as stronger and thus serving women as the weaker vessel.
My sense is that if the Titanic truly were to repeat itself, the deepest callings of manhood would surface again and the shout would go out, "Women and children first!" And the women, weeping and grieving at the impending separation, would nonetheless understand it, receive it, and be eternally honored by the sacrifice of these sexist men.
and all that is in between and thereafter:... well, you don't want to miss it. Oprah would have a hay-day with this book... or maybe... just maybe...
