The best gift I can give to my kids, is first and foremost, to remind them, they are His.
The Creator of all the beauty they see. The Father, the Son, The Holy Spirit will continually speak. And when their hearts believe, God is pleased. Hearts soft and open, have eyes to receive.
Jesus is not only the giver of light and life, He is Light.
Jesus is not only the giver of life, He is Life.
Jesus is not only the giver of bread, He is Bread.
He is LORD. He is above the rest.
So, the best gift I can give my kids today, is to faithfully, and honorably, live and believe all this, but also, . . .
show them moment by moment, with all of my heart, faithful and honorable love for their dad. Yes, I believe the best gift today, that I can give our kids, is love and grace for the dad-of-all-dads.
I want to please God.
He says to me, “love.”
I fail miserably time and time again, but each new day, He says, “My mercies are new. S e e k Me.”
And He watches me fall. He watches me miss. And He forgives me new, as each day, His face I seek.
And He says to me, “Now . . .
do that for others, as they miss the mark too. Offer grace. Offer forgiveness. Be patient and kind. Remember Me, and abide.”
And kids, you watch me, day after day, so easily offer this as I go on my way. But it is hard stuff to do as I walk through our front door. It is hard to honor and offer grace to the very one, that I said to God “I Do, for all of my days.” And for this, daily, I seek His grace.
How I miss the mark and fall flat on the floor.
(Forgive me, Mike.)
Forgive me kids.
I want to do a better job at offering love and all of this.
So I seek the Lord and He fills and supplies. He is our Lord. He is the One we will both lift up our eyes.
So, I will start this all off with the word: Remember.
It is good to look at pictures of beginnings, that we might reminisce. And kids, I sure hope you spend time praying for us both, as we need your prayers that we might faithfully keep our oath.
That we continue to bring glory to our Lord and our King. And that we love each other, day after day, faithfully. Etched on the inside of my wedding ring, you find the name Mike. His, has the name, Toni. We do well thinking on and remembering these things.
I love you kids. I give you a gift. A promise that I will give it my best, day in and day out to faithfully and honorably love your dad.
“Gory to God in the Highest. And on earth, peace and good will to all men.” Amen.