Lamentations 5:3 (KJV) A Cry for Real Men

Lamentations 5:3 (KJV)

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

 

The book of Lamentations, I believe, was written from Egypt, the tears of the prophet recollecting the fall of his nation. This fifth song addresses, among other things, the failing of fatherhood.

 

It was the spiritual failing of the men of Jerusalem that had led to their destruction. It was their spiritual failing that had turned their inheritance over to strangers, leaving them orphans, fatherless, and their mothers as widows.

 

I note that it says as widows, not that they actually were widows.

·       A mother can be left as a widow by death

·       A mother can be left as a widow by divorce

·   A mother can be left as a widow by abandonment

·      A mother can be left as a widow by a man who abdicates his masculine responsibilities.

And so, we have so many mothers as widows, leaving children fatherless.

 

Where are the men? Where are those who will meet God, obey His will, and step up to be husbands, fathers, heads of households, and men after God’s own heart?

 

The failure of the family begins with a falling away from God. As more are influenced by evolution and godless education, violence escalates, masculinity deteriorates, and families degenerate.

 

Lord, bless our families with men—real men, godly men.

 

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Failing Fatherhood: A Cry for Real Men

 

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Lamentations 5:3 (KJV) A Cry for Real Men