What Makes You Angry?
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
– Edmund Burke
Misogyny, the hatred of women, will also prevail when good men fail to “do something” tangible to protect the women that one too many racist, sexist men still hate to love. Don’t be afraid to challenge our blended, extended family members to do more than stand around simply complaining about what’s still wrong with the way we, as men, still treat women.
As critically thinking, God revering men, our initial response whenever any of us hears about any person spouting inflammatory, insensitive, incendiary rhetoric, is to get angry, outraged, and defend the honor and dignity of the offended, verbally vilified woman. Even Jesus Christ got angry or righteously indignant. John 2:14-17.
What happened this week that made you angry? Did the massacre that occurred on the campus of Virginia Tech anger you? Does police brutality make your blood boil? Do the casualties of the civil war in Iraq upset you? Does social injustice in any form anger you?
“Be Ye Angry And Sin Not,” by Mere Comments has proven itself to be quite helpful as I struggled to control my own thoughts and emotions during the last couple of weeks. Am I still angry enough to chew nails because I share the pain generations of great women that we, as men, have inexcusably brutalized and dehumanized? Not any more.
During such a season as this, “cooler heads must prevail” in order for the healing process to begin. Our emotionally energized generation’s subsequent behavior must be God honoring, consistent and non-violent instead of becoming antagonistic enough to provoke a potential ally to anger. To do so will test our faith in God and in each other.
I offer this insightful article, “When Good Men Do Nothing,” by Mr. Wayne Greeson as a source of encouragement to all the men who still choose to “do nothing” when our women need us to “take the hit” for them. That’s what it means to be the head of your household.
Standing up on God’s battlefield and courageously taking the hits will give our women more than enough reasons to respect us and love us. As always, the choice to get angry enough to ensure that evil does not prevail is yours alone to make.
In closing, it’s my prayer that God’s love will inspire our generation to “do something” constructive to ensure that all women will feel safe and secure while so many of us are still so “passionately stirred up.” Whatever makes you righteously indignant, try not to let the sun go down on your anger tonight.
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