As this weekend draws to a close, there are some things that i am extremely thankful for. Some of these things i remember often, but others i do not. Here goes:
1. My wife and all that she does. I kept the kids Friday and Saturday while Paige went to WOF conference. I did survive, and i must say i thought it went pretty good. However, my goal was surviving. I can't imagine how Paige is able to survive everyday and also mix in some good teaching and contructive game time where the kids learn so much. she is incredible and i am continually amazed at her gift! I love you babe!
2. My children are incredible. I loved having time to spend with them this weekend. I look at Emaline(7 months old) and i see the joy of the Lord in her eyes. When she smiles, i melt! She is really going through some changing and really starting to cuddle and love much more. I love this time!
Parker and i got to go to the Ranger game Saturday night. That was a spiritual experience for me. Baseball is the game i grew up loving so much and to be able to take my son, well, that was just heavenly. He loved it and we even stayed the whole game!
I love you kids!
3. Our health is so sacred. Within the last 2 weeks, Paige and i have had over 10 family members in the hospital. It is amazing that our bodies work as well as they do being that they are so intricate. Please keep our families in your prayers.
4. I need to keep my focus on serving others and making myself a vessel of God's love. There are people everyday that God puts on our hearts, what are we going to do about it? I need to be more about serving and less about gaining!
5. Often times i do things so that people will notice. That is terrible! I need to reevaluate my life and actions!
thanks Rick for the great message the other day (see previous post "Leaving Home"). I encourage you guys that are reading this and other posts, to comment and share your thoughts on these subjects. Just click the "comments" button below and you can share your thoughts.
Thanks STP
3 comments:
I love you...and do feel greatly blessed to be your wife and mother of your children. I appreciate you!
Is this blog turning into the area that you and Paige get to tell each other how much you love one another????
Anyway, I used to not like refelection too much. Maybe a lack of accomplishments to be proud of or just worring too much about the future. But as I grow older or just the fact that I feel closer to God, I don't worry about the future and now seem to have more time to refelect on past events that made me who I am today, in hopes to pass that along to my boys and omit some of the other things that I ran into along the way.
Ryan, that is very insightful. I appreciate those words and yes, this is one way i and hopefully other men can tell their wives how much we love them. Cheezy? Maybe, but i don't care! You know you like it and you do the same on Angie's!!!
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