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We can blog all we want about being a real man. We can try to love our wives and children all we want. But what will happen to us when we have to step up and be a real man? When the rubber meets the road, will you be a man?
Well, Bernard Dwyer did. He fought off three armed robbers who were threatening his daughter with a gun and knives. He’s quoted as saying: “We were going to die anyway, that’s what I thought. I thought, if I am going to die then I would rather die like a man than a dog.”
His actions speak to what Stu Weber calls the Warrior Pillar in every man. Stu does not advocate violence through the Warrior pillar, but at the heart of a true man, the warrior pillar protects his family at all costs. Protection can take the form of many actions, and in this case Bernard saw immediate physical danger and put himself in the face of death for his daughter and the rest of his family.
“I would rather die like a man than a dog”
To be a good husband means many things. It means loving your wife…It means loving your children…It means putting your wife and kids ahead of anyting you do. And at the end of the day, if you found yourself in a similar situation, would you fight for the most important people in your life?
Bernard was stabbed three times in the head, threatened at gun point and was eventually beaten unconscious. But he saved his family. He knew that being a good father and a good husband was more than putting food on the table. He took the initiative to protect his family at all costs.
Could you and I do the same? Could we stand up in the face of danger and protect our family?
