sunshine and a little pink

jason doesn't want any of that wholesome family bs (they stayed for 2 more hours)

field trip cancelled

Based off hit tumblr post:

Jesus wept. You saying the King of kings, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, is acting like a woman (derogatory)? He in His humanity is our ideal as a species, He as Christ is YOUR (men’s) ideal as a husband, and you say this behavior He exhibited is beneath the male ideal?

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The post this stems from is even worse.

Walsh should tell that to the American soldiers who broke down and wept upon hearing the news of the Japanese surrender in 1945 as they were preparing to board the planes for the invasion. They cried because they realized that they were going to be allowed to live the rest of their lives instead of bring torn to shreds by gunfire as they planned.

How dare somebody get emotional after a robbery when they have a moment to take in what happened. He's thinking about how his entire life could have just been taken. His future wife, future kids who he'd never know because they would never exist, all of his future experiences for the next half century were in the hands of a senseless, violent maniac.

Yeah, yeah, we can pull out the whole Jesus wept thing. He cried for Lazarus, and He cried for Jerusalem. But He is hardly the only man who has cried. Jeremiah earned himself the moniker "the weeping prophet." David was moved to tears when brought face to face with his sin. Elijah cried about his situation. The Bible does not shame men for their tears. There is no verse that says women must remain the sex to cry while men must remain stoic, with the exceptions of birth and death. There is no verse.

The Bible does not promote the idea that you must have it all together. In fact, it speaks to being honest, sharing burdens with people of the church. While there is something to be said for men and women groups in a church, the Bible very clearly does not say burdens must not be shared with a spouse. By refusing to cry in front of your wife, you are not upholding a picture of Godly masculinity, but rather are using masculinity as an excuse to be proud.

You don't want to look weak or vulnerable in front of the one you are one with? Like seriously, your wife, your husband, is one with you. The Bible clearly states that. And that is the person you will not be vulnerable in front of? Whatever for? It boils down to pride. Matt Walsh is promoting and endorsing prideful behavior, when as Christians, we are not supposed to.

"We can't look weak to the women"- your Savior was beaten, stripped, and hung on a cross for a criminal's death for all to see, and you know which disciples sat and watched? Who did not lose respect? Who did not lose love? The women. The women were right there, watching Jesus at His weakest and most vulnerable moment. And Matt would have men remain stoic around their wives. So they don't look weak.

Have some humility.

There are times when tears must be held back. There are times when it goes from emotional overflow to just being whiny. That is true regardless of gender. That does not mean men should not cry in front of their wives. Yes, some men are naturally more stoic, and there's nothing wrong with that. But for heaven's sake, that is not some arbitrary standard for all men.