good dolphin wrote:
Brick wrote:
This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
Yes.
With that being said, how do we know when the exercise become pearls before swine?
I think in this type of scenario, which isn’t life or death, you hope the controversy forces people to listen to the actual speech and what was said. They don’t have to receive that message on the first try via an NFL kicker, but maybe it softens their resistance to the idea that the highest possible calling might not be prepping PowerPoints for board meetings.
I don’t see great reason to not have patience with this conversation.
I think his message was poorly delivered though. You seem to be trying to change it to "Your work/career doesn't define you" which is something that most people would agree with and no one would really get upset about unless they were your boss. Instead, he went with the "hey ladies, your life doesn't start until you become a homemaker and you never have a career".
No he didn't. He said they will have achieve all kinds of successes in their life but motherhood would be their greatest accomplishment. As I wrote at the beginning of this thread, 100 million women spoke those same words on mother's day.
but I agree, the overall message was poorly delivered. It sounded like a list of grievances rather than supporting points of a central theme
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I can tell you that my beautiful wife, Isabelle, would be the first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother. I'm on the stage today and able to be the man I am because I have a wife who leans into her vocation. I'm beyond blessed with the many talents God has given me, but it cannot be overstated that all of my success is made possible because a girl I met in band class back in middle school would convert to the faith, become my wife, and embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.
She is a primary educator to our children. She is the one who ensures I never let football or my business become a distraction from that of a husband and father. She is the person that knows me best at my core, and it is through our marriage that, Lord willing, we will both attain salvation.
I say all of this to you because I have seen it firsthand how much happier someone can be when they disregard the outside noise and move closer and closer to God's will in their life. Isabelle's dream of having a career might not have come true, but if you asked her today if she has any regrets on her decision, she would laugh out loud, without hesitation, and say, “Heck, No.”
Again, the bold text and other similar things he said is what got him in trouble and then people were saying it was out of context but it really wasn't.