Plea to My Brothers!

I have thought over the past few months about how much I saw in our churches and schools that I wished I could change. This post will be aimed toward my "brothers", those males that are saved my the grace of God; so through His blood we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. So this is to you brothers; may you see what we as your sisters see and what we can't do anything about.Please understand that these things are things that we as females are not able to do.

My Brothers:
Please don't be afraid to stand up for Christ. When the pastor or teacher asks for someone to lead in prayer or to read a section of Scripture, please don't look around! Don't think to yourself, "Well, I don't want to speak to soon when there is someone else that really wants to do it." Don't wait for everyone else, go out of your comfort zone and do it! Even if you are the only one that ever does it, do it anyway! Don't be afraid to sing out in the service or join in special music. It doesn't really matter to us if you can sing or not, if you are truly doing it to praise the Lord nothing gives us more joy. Don't be afraid! You aren't doing it to perform, your doing it to serve the Lord.
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
2 Timothy 1:7

My Brothers:
Please don't be afraid to do things for us girls. Yes, there are some of us that won't admit that we need help and we claim we can do it ourselves but really we can't. Please be gentle with us! We are the weaker vessel, don't be afraid to hold the door for us or offer to carry something that we are struggling with. And please realize that we really want to talk about spriritual things but so many times we feel it is out of place for us to start up a conversation like this. Please don't be after us to win our hearts and be our boyfriends. We need brothers first that will protect us and take care of us, like a brother.
"We should be brothers in the Lord who are not acting as thieves—trying to steal their sisters’ attention and hearts; but who are acting as warriors—standing guard over girls’ hearts."
-Joshua Harris

My Brothers:
Please follow the Lord where ever He leads you. Don't let anyone else talk you out of doing what you feel God wants you to do. If God wants you to do it, then by all means: DO IT! Don't let anyone or anything take your focus away from God, follow Him to the end. That's what we need, we want to end up with a husband that is going to follow God no matter what. And remember that there are all those younger boys looking at you and wanting to be just like you. Do you really want them to be like you? Because you can't do anything about their desire to be like you but you can do something about who you are. Be the man that some little boy and even those teenagers could follow as an example.
"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."
I Tim. 4:12
These are just few things that we sometimes wish we could change, but we can't. Only you can! Before I end I found a poem that I thought was really good.

"What Does God Want My Husband-To-Be to Be?"

If some day in God’s perfect plan,
He provides just the right man.
What is my husband-to-be to be?
What kind of man is the one for me?

I want him to please God as Abel did,
And to walk with God as Enoch lived.
I want him to obey as Noah did so
And Abraham followed when not knowing where to go.

May he like Isaac, be ready to die
Or to meet the Lord when He comes in the sky.
Meek as Moses, not enjoying sin,
Persevering as he fixed his eyes on Him.

May he like Joseph be pure and forgiving
When in temptation—flee without sinning.
May he manage with care, faithful and true
Awaiting God’s timing to come into view.

May he like Job be patient when tested.
And combat Satan when he is molested.
May he like Daniel be wise to God’s will,
Learning understanding in all science and skill.

Like the Hebrew children, may he stand his ground,
Not about to flinch when he hears the music sound.
Or like Joshua, not afraid to fight,
When the enemy comes within his own sight.

May he like Elijah, be one with God,
Knowing that the fire can lick the bullock and the sod.
Not like Jonah who from God tried to flee,
But like Isaiah said, "Here am I send me."

May he like Samuel, do what he is asked,
Obeying willingly when God gives him a task.
Tenderhearted as David the beloved
Able to sing praises to his Shepherd Above.

As John the Baptist preparing the way,
Careful not to lead others astray.
Like Peter, there are times he will fall,
Please lift him up, Lord, and stand him tall.

May he be mission-minded like Paul,
Protected well when let over the wall.
Showing like Aquilla hospitality and care
Entertaining friends and angels unaware.

Taught as Timothy, discipling others, too
Forgiving as Philemon, someone who’s untrue.
As to Christ, John was near,
May he hold You, to his heart dear.

Most of all like Christ, may he always be,
Compassionate, kind, tender-hearted and free;
Strong, pure, just , caring for another
True, meek, forgiving, and righteous altogether.

Gentle, trustworthy, a lover of God’s WORD,
Caring for nature and each little bird.
May he gladly tell the story—
"CHRIST in me,—the HOPE of GLORY!"

-Rebecca (Adamson) Smith