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Be strong men!

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Pastor Tom

The Tiger Woods scandal has rocked the Golf world and Sports world. A man who had it all admitted to some transgressions. One part of this sad story is that Tiger’s wife went through his cell phone and was going to call all the saved numbers on there. A magazine got a hold of Tiger allegedly asking a woman to change her display name to a number so his wife would not discover this woman.

As I listened to some of the fall out and reaction to his admission, a local sports radio talk show took up the topic. But they didn’t ask “how could this guy have done this?” Their key question was “what could he have done differently so he wouldn’t get caught.” One suggested he have two cell phones – a regular cellphone and a girlfriend cellphone. Another talked about how Tiger could have been more discreet.

How weak! Instead of calling for all men to be strong and faithful, we seek ways to more effectively hide “transgressions?” The “strong man” image this world portrays is actually pretty weak. The world’s strong man is rugged, independent, wealthy, powerful and has plenty of women. But that’s weakness!

It takes a lot of strength to be faithful in body, emotions and mind. In fact it can be difficult but not impossible. God’s Word calls men to be strong in difficult situations by asking Him for strength. “Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go;” on business trips; on a guys night out; at the computer late at night; in your thoughts.

We must be strong and not invent ways of hiding weakness.

Pray for the Wood’s family.

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