That’s what happens when you step out of your comfort zone, you encounter new realities that force you to make a choice: embrace what’s in front of you or shrink back and regret the missed opportunity for growth.
A Growing Sense of Destiny
Raising kids can be hard. It’s better to have an end goal in mind and friends with whom to share the journey. #daddyduty
Are we done yet?
So, are you all done or will you try for that boy? There’s a conversation starter.
A lesson in expectations
Kids seem to rise to your level of expectation about them, so I’m expecting big things from this one.
promises kept = trust in the bank
No kid wants to believe something is going to happen, and then consistently be let down by legitimate or illegitimate excuses. They start to lose faith in not only the adult breaking the promises, but I believe, develop a pessimism about how the world works in general.
Do Hard Things
Everything I have, everything I’ve accomplished, is because of God’s expansion of my capacity to do bigger, and harder things.
When we practice real love
If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear. Anyone who doesn’t love is as good as dead. Let’s not just talk about love, let’s practice…
The family that worships together…
You know what they say, the family that worships together grows together. There’s nothing that makes a dad prouder, than getting to see his kid grow right before his very eyes. This morning I woke up with the song, you’re a good, good father still ringing in my ear. Last night we attended our church’s quarterly…
The point of fatherhood
The question to ask is not WHAT am I here for, but WHO am I here for? I look at Riley, Olivia, and London and I just know. I’m here to lead them, so that they can learn to lead others. Every day before they leave the house we recite our motto, I am a…
Dinner table conversations
So, this just happened. Tonight at the dinner table we’re sitting, my wife and three daughters and one of our nieces when my oldest (6 years old) asks my niece, do you want to live in a big house like ours? Almost a little embarrassed I ask her, well that’s an interesting question, what made you ask…
