I quit!?!?

Excuse me for a minute while I kid myself that at least I made it past quitter’s day. I mean those people are weak and should be ashamed of themselves, right? I made it two whole weeks past that and I should be proud of myself! It wasn’t a resolution or anything, but i gave myself a goal to write one blog post a week. It’s not that I want to quit, I’m just being realistic and thinking maybe I should pursue my other childhood dream as it seems more realistic.

So from now on I am going to be working on becoming a professional basketball player. Sure I’m in my 50’s, am not particularly tall, have love handles that unfortunately do not defy gravity therefore limit my jumping ability to slightly less than two inches, oh… and I haven’t played basketball since about the seventh grade. Even with all of that, my chances of playing in the NBA are much higher than ever reaching even ten people with a blog geared at Christian men. Just like white men can’t jump, Christian men don’t read.

Case in point: my wife and I host a small group with three other couples from our church. I figured that I’d just take the bull by the horns and pick a book for us to study. When I announced it, two of the other men immediately informed me that they don’t really read (and the other one wasn’t there). Of course all of this is a much easier excuse than just admitting I suck at writing and am not funny, so there’s that.

But, I do think there is a need for what I had in mind. Well, not really a need per se, but I think there are a lot of guys out there who don’t want to be preached at. However those same guys could be encouraged by knowing there are other regular guys who are probably bigger sinners than themselves, who also love Jesus and appreciate knowing they are forgiven and saved by grace. Men struggle in silence and they struggle alone. I think guys need other men and I think they need to know that guy who looks like they might have their act together, is just as messed up as they are. Speaking of needs… I need to go work on my slam dunk!