I started this blog primarily for my sons, their families, and of course my grandchildren (notice this in the plural!). I thought this would be another way to share my thoughts on what is important to me. Ever since I can remember, I wanted to be a father and have a family. When I met my wife, Gail, the first thing that I remember in our conversations (it was a cold blizzardy night at the big house with our church's youth group, I know she remembers) was that she loved kids and family. She grew up in a great & large catholic family so she understood family life. To be honest with you, it was at this point that I knew I was probably going to marry her.
The older I have gotten (and you can't help but get older) the more that I see that family is at the heart of who God is. His self-revelation to us is Father & Son - Eternal descriptions of who they are and the nature of their relationship. That revelation is the DNA was woven into us in creation and reestablished afresh in the new birth. Unfortunately sin and Satan have distorted the nature and purpose of family and we have allowed our definition of family to be determined from the bottom up (our experiences and what how this world has and is redefining family) instead of from the revelation of the Father & Son found in God's word. We need God's help to not only navigate against this current, but actually swim in a different current all together.
I have thee boys, Rob, Stephen, Eric. A father could not ask for better sons. One thing I pray for them regularly is that they would be seekers of Christ.
Paul said in Philippians 3:10, "that I may know Him.....",
Jesus said in Matthew 6:33, "seek first the kingdom of God....."
Hopefully this will be the focus of their lives, that they may know Him and seek first His kingdom.
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