Maybe the Manliest Show Ever

There's nothing too spiritual about this post, except that God loves manly men. Is seems, especially in the Old Testament, he's always telling some guy to go beat up guys with a jawbone of an ass, cut off a defeated army's foreskins, and to stay away from loose women. When Jesus came, he didn't come as some silver-spooned, never get your hands dirty, rich man's son; no, he came as a carpenter's kid that was born in a barn. His first word might have been "splinter."

One of my new favorite shows is called "Man vs. Wild" on the Discovery Channel (http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/manvswild/manvswild.html). The host's name is Bear (very appropriate) and he used to be in the British Special Forces where he did survival training, and now he's bringing that training to the world via Discovery Channel. He even climbed Mount Everest. What the show is about is this: a helicopter drops Bear off in some remote area like a rain forest, the desert, or the Swiss Alps. All he has is the clothes on his back, a knife, flint, and a canteen. He has to find food and water on his own, and the show is over when he finds civilization. I've watched this guy eat raw zebra meat that was left over from a lion kill, eat maggots (good protein, he said), and drink water out of elephant dung to keep hydrated. He's taught me how to not get trampled by elephants and rhinos, and how to warm up after falling into a frozen lake (you need to get naked and rub snow on you). It's pretty amazing to watch a truly 'manly man' in action, even though he makes me want to throw up at least a couple times during the hour watching him eat!

So if you ever check out "Man vs. Wild", be reminded that God did indeed create and loves the 'manly man'. Now excuse me while I go and shovel snow off my driveway in my swim suit.