Being The Daddy I Was Made To Be
It’s crazy how something so small completely changes your world. It’s no longer about what I wanna do. It’s no longer about what is best for me. What is best for me is now taking care of a little one that relies solely on us. It is loving this eating, crying and pooping machine (still somehow cute through all of it). If I still go through life aiming for the things that I want and not what WE want I have no right to be called daddy.
As I was reading this chunk of Romans this hit home. Just as it says, when we focus on ourselves we are no longer looking toward our Daddy who created us. We aren’t giving Him the love and attention He deserves just for being Who He is. I pray that I don’t live my life focused on myself but rather on God. I don’t want to be focused on me but focusing on my family. I could never live up to the title daddy if I didn’t.
Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing. And God isn’t pleased at being ignored. But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him.
Romans 3:7-9
*tearing up a lttle* I’m only just barely older than you, Brook, but as a mom of 3 I am so proud to see you two get “it” where so many new parents don’t! One day she’ll be proud to call you guys Mom & Dad! God bless you three!!!!!!
That is awesome! Such a great thought about how we as parents, people, humans, can become overwhelmed with life forgetting about the God who gave it to us. As a single parent I pray that my thoughts are toward Him, so that my life can be directed toward my boys and I can be the mom/dad I was created to be. Thanks for the reminder.
Just you wait….you have many blessings to come.
Find and listen to The Eagle Song by The Imperials. Amazing words. Heard it right after Haley was born and cried like a baby. Congrats my friend!