I had to have a serious talk with my boys tonight. I had been noticing some facets of their character that I did not think was necessarily wrong, but it was not what I think was the best. So just before they went to bed, we had a Five Minute Blitz (our version of a devotional). As many of you know, I am really working hard to build our famliy on the standards of the Bible. Well, the backdrop for this conversation stemmed from an abbreviated Deuteronomy 10:12-13: "And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God...to love Him...and to observe the Lord's commands that I am giving you today for your own good?" I have been noticing that they were not giving their full potential in their everyday lives. Yes, they are boys...young boys at that. Yet, I know what they are capable of. I now understand why my dad pushed me so hard. He encouraged me (made me) to do chores, to wake up early (6am...ish as a teenager-who does that?)
Expressing what happens to dads everyday...