Thank you
This past weekend I walked my oldest daughter down the aisle and gave her away to the love of her life. The rehearsal, the ceremony, the reception, the weather, the family and friends that attended, it all was as it should have been...perfect.
As I look back on my life, on my 30 years with Stacey, on my career, on my daughters, I can't help but ask "Why"? Why have I been so blessed? Why me? There are so many needy people, deserving people, people with real needs but yet I have been blessed. I recognize and appreciate that I have been blessed with parents that love me and are still with us, with family, with a wife that is an amazing rock, with daughters that are good hearted women, with health, with an income to provide for it all, with happiness, with friends, with great coworkers, with the ability to sit and type this. The list is long and I could go on, and on, and on. I see and hear of people that are hurting, that have real needs, that are trying to figure out how to navigate this life. And I sit here fat and happy. So, why me?
Perhaps it's not about me at all, but instead about what I can do with what I have been given? I have experienced life, good choices and bad, I have had great responsibilities at home and at work. Perhaps it's now my time to give back, to help, to guide others, to mentor? Perhaps it's time for me to stop asking "why me" and instead say "thank you" and point others to The One who has showered me with blessing upon blessing.
"He has shown you, o man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" - Micah 6:8
Thank you Lord for your unfailing love. Help me be the hands, feet, and voice to help those in need.
As I look back on my life, on my 30 years with Stacey, on my career, on my daughters, I can't help but ask "Why"? Why have I been so blessed? Why me? There are so many needy people, deserving people, people with real needs but yet I have been blessed. I recognize and appreciate that I have been blessed with parents that love me and are still with us, with family, with a wife that is an amazing rock, with daughters that are good hearted women, with health, with an income to provide for it all, with happiness, with friends, with great coworkers, with the ability to sit and type this. The list is long and I could go on, and on, and on. I see and hear of people that are hurting, that have real needs, that are trying to figure out how to navigate this life. And I sit here fat and happy. So, why me?
Perhaps it's not about me at all, but instead about what I can do with what I have been given? I have experienced life, good choices and bad, I have had great responsibilities at home and at work. Perhaps it's now my time to give back, to help, to guide others, to mentor? Perhaps it's time for me to stop asking "why me" and instead say "thank you" and point others to The One who has showered me with blessing upon blessing.
"He has shown you, o man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" - Micah 6:8
Thank you Lord for your unfailing love. Help me be the hands, feet, and voice to help those in need.
Em and her bridesmaids
Em & Zak with my family
Em & Zak, first dance
Em & me, father daughter dance
Em & Zak leaving the church for their honeymoon
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