Godly Men at Liberty

Life on campus can be challenging at times for a twenty-eight year old women but one of the things I'm thankful to have been able to see this semester are the Godly men. I know that sounds a bit sketchy/fleshy, so let me expand. Here on campus I live in apartment style housing, each building has four floors, the first & second floor is a "Hall". Each girls Hall is assigned a Brother Hall, we get together to go to games and movies and frozen yogert. Because of this set up I've been able to get to know the young men in my Brother Hall and it continues to be a pleasure. They have restored my hope for the the coming generations. They are by no means perfect and of course they will always be men so I can't pretend to understand them all the time. However, they are men of God and as such they are gentlemen. They open doors, take our dishes and let us have their seats on convo when there aren't enough seats but all of these things are simple and expected of a southern man. What really impressed me was something so small that you would have to be looking to find it, and I have the habit of people watching. Superbowl Sunday we all got together to watch the game, as per the norm some of the commerials were anything but edifying. One commercial came on for lingerie, which of course means a mostly naked women was on the screen, and to my surprise there was a man that looked away. He began talking with someone, my guess is to keep his mind elsewhere; the point is he didn't look at the screen. He didn't look away because the model had anything less than a perfect body, he looked away because he wants to live a life above reproach. After the game I went up to him and thanked him for his integrity, he gave me a questioning look so I added, when it came to the commercial. He looked a bit shocked that I had noticed and said, "Thank you. I'm trying. It's hard when stuff is in your face but I want to live a life above reproach." I told him that I just wanted to encourage him and for him to know not only I but other women had noticed and we appreciated it. Then the other night a group of us went to the movies to see The Vow and there were parts of the movie that were less that appropriate, of course. So every time the main actress was less than fully clothed all the guys would look to the side until the scene changed. I was so proud of them and honored to know them. I am sure they have their own struggles, as we all do, but they are trying to live a life that is pleasing to God and that is to be commended. It is easy to live in integrity when the world is saying it's acceptable to do anything that feels good but as the Bible says, "Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry." Colossians 3:5