Our modern culture tells us that to be a man, we have to be able to drink the most beer, withstand the most pain, drive the most muscular car and treat women like objects of our own gratification. In short, it tells us to be consumers and not producers. Our Father God is a creator and sustainer, and we are to be an earthly presentation of this glory. Wherever God has placed us, we are to be responsible for ourselves, our spiritual family, and if God chooses to bless us with a wife and children, to be provide an environment where they can flourish, led and empowered by the Holy Spirit.