There is no end to the damage this world will cause in the absence of good men. Because good men know this, we strive to be perfect in all things, so that those we love can be shielded. However, we can push this too far and become the very thing that will enslave the ones we love if perfection is all we ever portray.

The real answer to being the perfect husband, father, defender, protect, provider, shepherd, friend, is to learn to fail well; to acknowledge our failures and limitations and to use them to point people to the only perfect one; Jesus.