4 lessons for my kids

Someone asked me about a year ago what was the most important lessons I wanted to teach my kids. It was a great question. And I really wasn't all that clear in my answers or certainly as clear as I should have been. I rambled on and of course had ideas I wanted Teddy and Tate to learn. But I really wasn't all that clear. So I have worked on that and now am very clear.

1. Humility
2. Generosity
3. Thankfulness
4. Courage

As a Dad, I have my work cut out because they follow the leader. I have to be the example. And this is huge responsibly that keeps me up at night because the margin for error is zero.

That Place This Place

I am going through this place in order to get to a better place.

Fun? NO

Enjoyable? NO

Like it? NO

Looking forward to it? NO

Want others to go there to? NO

Necessary? Absolutely...it's the only way!

But I have to go through these crazy storms in order to get to where I want to go. Where do I want to go? In a word PEACE! Specifically God's peace. So why are the storms necessary? I don't have all the answers yet but there are four concepts I am sure of:

• Trust God completely with my life
• Obedience in God's word
• Priorities by putting Jesus above all else
• Selfless with others before me

And these just are not fancy buzz words or "yeah that's really cute speaker-boy..." type noisy conversations; but rather concepts seeping deep into my spirit.

So maybe your storms are not so bad? Possibly your adversity is a good thing? Could it be that your tough times are really disguised as opportunities? Maybe it's all intentional to get you from that place over to this place....just like I am going through now.