http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/08/humble-warrior.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Fri, 18 May 2012 15:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/08/humble-warrior.html#comment-24339 Cerulean Sanctum » Reposts on Men’s Issues Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:15:10 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=83#comment-24339 [...] The Humble Warrior These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] The Humble Warrior These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/08/humble-warrior.html#comment-5960 The humble Samurai « Two Tack’s Thoughts Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:37:25 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=83#comment-5960 [...] Hop on over to Sankofa for a post on humility and the heart of a warrior.  The post is his take on The Humble Warrior posted at Cerulean Sanctum.  Interesting that Shaka picked up on the humility aspect of the post and what stuck me was the need for prayer - I guess each of us picked up on our weak point! [...] [...] Hop on over to Sankofa for a post on humility and the heart of a warrior.  The post is his take on The Humble Warrior posted at Cerulean Sanctum.  Interesting that Shaka picked up on the humility aspect of the post and what stuck me was the need for prayer – I guess each of us picked up on our weak point! [...]

]]> http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/08/humble-warrior.html#comment-5936 Sankofa » Blog Archive » Favorite warrior dish? Humble Pie of course! Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:25:21 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=83#comment-5936 [...] The heart of a man. A topic of great interest to me since I have young men and a daughter to raise and I strive to live a life I believe would be demonstrative of manhood the way Christ or Paul or Timothy did. I tend to identify greatly with the warrior analogies. The warrior I admire most in history is the samurai because of his unfailing loyalty (even unto death) to his lord (daimyo) and bushido, or the way of the warrior. It has been my observation for some time that the greatest warrior is the one who devotes his life to service. Serving God, his family, his community. Interestingly for me, the word samurai means “one who serves.” So, the desire to serve is quite high on my list and this requires humility. True service that expects nothing in return, that is other focused and not veiled self-service, that is enduring requires humility to a great degree or the desire to be teachable and open to lfe’s lessons to the extent that God can allow you to go through some things that will humble you. The latter has been my life experience because of my cocky, I can do it myself attitude earlier in life. I’ve always been a kind of jack-of-all trades kind of guy who was pretty good at whatever I put my mind to. As a result of that, relying on God has been difficult for me. Add to that the personality trait of great patience and it can take me quite a while to “come to the end of myself.” I tend to be the type of person that can be in the middle of the storm for quite some time, enduring because of my patience and trying to fix it in my own power which is hard-headed I know, but in recent years I’ve really come into the realization of just how powerless I really am without God. With this realization, the warrior inside me has grown and found a new warrior. One who strives to speak the truth no matter the outcome, one who desires to serve his family to the best of his ability. With true biblical manhood being a rare commodity in this day of the “thug” or the church’s sometimes “neutered man,” I often find myself pondering these beings called the warrior and the man. Well, Dan Edelen over at Cerulean Sanctum has a post on his blog about humility, the warrior and the man. It’s a good read. Here’s a blurb: The problem with Christian manhood today is not that there aren’t enough villages to plunder, it’s that humble, stooped grandmothers are out there on their knees fighting the battles that “real” men are too proud (or lazy or weak) to fight. Too many men in our churches moan that someone stole their warrior badge. Meanwhile, Satan is plundering OUR village. And he’s doing it not in the obvious places, but in the spiritual realms, the very place that prayer alone works. [...] [...] The heart of a man. A topic of great interest to me since I have young men and a daughter to raise and I strive to live a life I believe would be demonstrative of manhood the way Christ or Paul or Timothy did. I tend to identify greatly with the warrior analogies. The warrior I admire most in history is the samurai because of his unfailing loyalty (even unto death) to his lord (daimyo) and bushido, or the way of the warrior. It has been my observation for some time that the greatest warrior is the one who devotes his life to service. Serving God, his family, his community. Interestingly for me, the word samurai means “one who serves.” So, the desire to serve is quite high on my list and this requires humility. True service that expects nothing in return, that is other focused and not veiled self-service, that is enduring requires humility to a great degree or the desire to be teachable and open to lfe’s lessons to the extent that God can allow you to go through some things that will humble you. The latter has been my life experience because of my cocky, I can do it myself attitude earlier in life. I’ve always been a kind of jack-of-all trades kind of guy who was pretty good at whatever I put my mind to. As a result of that, relying on God has been difficult for me. Add to that the personality trait of great patience and it can take me quite a while to “come to the end of myself.” I tend to be the type of person that can be in the middle of the storm for quite some time, enduring because of my patience and trying to fix it in my own power which is hard-headed I know, but in recent years I’ve really come into the realization of just how powerless I really am without God. With this realization, the warrior inside me has grown and found a new warrior. One who strives to speak the truth no matter the outcome, one who desires to serve his family to the best of his ability. With true biblical manhood being a rare commodity in this day of the “thug” or the church’s sometimes “neutered man,” I often find myself pondering these beings called the warrior and the man. Well, Dan Edelen over at Cerulean Sanctum has a post on his blog about humility, the warrior and the man. It’s a good read. Here’s a blurb: The problem with Christian manhood today is not that there aren’t enough villages to plunder, it’s that humble, stooped grandmothers are out there on their knees fighting the battles that “real” men are too proud (or lazy or weak) to fight. Too many men in our churches moan that someone stole their warrior badge. Meanwhile, Satan is plundering OUR village. And he’s doing it not in the obvious places, but in the spiritual realms, the very place that prayer alone works. [...]

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