Last weekend I had a blast with my son!
It was a ManCard weekend. I have written about the ManCard in the past – you can see the original post here and then the follow up posts here and here.
About a month or so ago my son finished up section two of his ManCard. He gets to pick out what he wants to do when he completes a section. Monster Trucks were coming to the area and I asked him if he would like to do it. He got a huge grin and said “Oh yeah!”. He is nine and this is the kind of thing that is right down his alley – I am 43 and it I right down my alley 
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Last weekend we went. It takes about an hour or so to drive to the Hampton Coliseum and so we left early and got there about an 45 minutes before the doors opened. That is opened to the “Pit Party”. I got us tickets to the ‘Pit Party” where we got to go one the track, meet the drivers, and see the trucks up close and personal. My son love it! We were some of the first people in the door and got to meet drivers and it was fantastic.
Once the party was over we got some lunch and went to our seats – they were great seats. We watched them run Radio Controlled cars around which was more fun than you think. We watched them race street trucks – one dude wrecked his Jeep and I wonder how that went over with his wife. The came the Monster Trucks. It was so much fun – we laughed, yelled, screamed, and held our ears because it was “LOUD”. We loved our time together. We ended our day with dinner at Bo Jangles and the drive home. It was great!
Here is the best part – we talked on the way over to the event about why he was able to go. We talked about what it is to be a man. We talked about what a man does and how a man acts – we talked about temper and some things he has been struggling with. We talked about things like a real man seeks God and memorizes Scriptures, a real man does kind acts for others, and real man does other things like get good grades and studies hard. We then talked about how he gets checks on the ManCard for things like: great baseball catches, great shots with his shotgun and pellet gun, and for other things that in our minds we see as manly.
Here is the deal - I am trying to pour into my son what a real man is, how a real man acts, and treats people. I am trying to pour into him how it is not all about the gruff stuff but about being godly and focused on others. I desire he grow up to be a man after God’s own heart.
If you had to define being a real man to a nine year old – what would you say?
Here are a just few pictures of our fun ManCard Day together:
For me it’s Superheros and Baseball!!! lol…
Love all that you said about being a good man with your son…about it being about Other people…not self serving…
LOVE IT!
Look at little Jim doing his thing. Hopefully he’s twice the man you are when he grows up (I wish that on all our children).
A real man is someone like Jesus, tough as nails, compassionate, merciful and intentional, always moved with compassion, willing to serve.
What a sweet and fun time, I’m glad you where able to do that with your son. I would say a true man leaders is a man how fears God and follows His commands which reflect a dads actions and attitude.