Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men

The Male as Provider and Protector

that he could meet this standard, or he would have to earn the money before he could have her hand in marriage. Sometimes this took years. Remember the story of Ja cob? He was engaged for seven years, but he ended up work ing fourteen years for Rachel. How many of you could make it through an engagement of that length? Let me tell you how easy it is to be engaged for seven years. Just have a contract like that. You‘d be so busy earning that money, you wouldn‘t have time to get into any trouble. A woman also wouldn‘t have to worry about her husband leaving her. If he‘d spend seven years without her, working for her, he‘d be more likely to spend seventy years with her, working for her. There is much we can learn from this system. We might not want to return to everything about it, but the point is that males must fully understand the importance of their being responsible for providing for their wives and families. Some women are locked into providing because they didn‘t meet a provider; they met a schemer. Certain men are with women because the women have good jobs — and the men want to be supported by them. They don‘t want to be the providers they were created to be. Many women who are work ing today don‘t really want to work full time outside the home. Women going to college and having careers has been a positive change in many ways. Women need to be able to develop their talents and abilities.

However, they should be able to do so with joy, not stress. Many women are juggling so many things today — career, home, family — that working a job can be a tremendous strain on them and the rest of the family. Some women are stuck in dead-end jobs rather than ful filling ones because they feel the family

Many women

today don’t

want to work

full time

outside

the home.

needs the money they provide. They‘re not wor king at what they would really like to do. In addition, when women start having children, work doesn‘t usually retain the same prior i ty with them. When their first baby comes, they want to be at home to care for him or her. They forget their work and the people at the office. Many women are now saying openly

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