Lesson 4: Wild at Heart

Last Christmas, I received a book called Wild at Heart by John Eldredge, and this summer I finally started to get into this book. Almost every guy I know who read this book recommend it and so it became the first of my list of books to finish up this summer. In Wild at Heart , John Eldredge, who is a Christian, writes about discovering the secret of a man's soul. In this book, Eldredge writes that there are three desires in every man that are pretty universal and a clue into masculinity itself.

They may be misplaced, forgotten, or misdirected, but in the heart of every man is a desperate desire for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. I want you to think of the films men love, the things they do with their free time, and especially the aspirations of little boys and see if I am not right on this.

While thinking about the films that men love and also the roles that men play in these movies, I realized that men often fill at least one of these three desires. Thinking back to my childhood, I see how true these desires were when I was young. Yet today, I think I've lost the desires to fight a battle or sometimes live an adventures life. I agree with Eldredge who writes that men were created to be wild at heart. This summer I'm encouraged to be more brave, to be more adventurous, to fight (and possibly find a beauty to rescue).