Most of you probably have a Nativity scene that you take out over the holidays and place on a mantel or coffee table. There is a whole lot more going on behind the scenes of our lives than most of us have been led to believe. But the warrior is crucial in our movement toward any masculine integrity it is hardwired into every man. The warrior is not the only role a man must play there are others we will explore later. Blaine knows as deeply as he knows anything that every man is a warrior, yet every man must choose to fight. But the choice to fight is his own.” And a little child shall lead them. Beneath the drawing are the words written in the hand of a nine-year-old boy, “Every man is a warrior inside. He holds the blade upright, ready for action his gaze is steady and fierce. It is a pencil sketch of an angel with broad shoulders and long hair his wings are sweeping around him as if just unfurled to reveal that he is holding a lard two-handed sword like a Scottish claymore. If we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine.Īs I was working on this book a few days ago, Blaine came downstairs and without a word slipped a drawing he had made in front of me. A man needs a battle to fight he needs a place for the warrior in him to come alive and be hone, trained, seasoned. The boy is a warrior the boy is his name. Are there any great adventures anymore? Are there any great battles? I wanted to explain that indeed there are, but before I could reply he got this gleam in his eye and asked, “And are there any dragons?” O, how deeply this is written into the masculine soul. As soon as he asked the question I knew what his young heart was wondering. “Dad, are there any castles anymore?” Luke and I were sitting at the breakfast table actually, he was seated and I was attending his Royal Highness, making him toast with apricot jam.
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