When You Least Expect It

The Lord has a strange way of bringing us joy in unexpected ways and at unexpected times. He did that for me Sunday night through a phone conversation I was blessed to have with my oldest son. Beau has always had the softest heart from infancy and he has never outgrown it. He has a tough exterior but no matter how hard he has tried to be harder and tougher inside it has never worked. It is hard to have a soft heart, especially in this day and time and especially if you are a guy. Guys are supposed to have that rough, tough personna, but God created some and I would say most men with soft hearts, it is just most of them learn through adolescence to put a padlock on those tender feelings and emotions because that is just what guys do, they are tough, protectors, providers and Beau is no different from the others but his heart is soft toward the Lord. We had a most precious conversation discussing his rediscovery of who God really is and what it truly means to be a man of God. As a parent we all want our children to be happy and have a wonderful life, then we realize what truly matters is that they are serving the God that created them and having a relationship with Him that surpasses all others in their lives, because only when God is number 1 in our lives can we become all He intended us to be when he gave us life. Sometimes we just have an Aha moment. Sometimes we become a parent and that helps us understand unconditional love a little better than we did before children. Sometimes we just get so absolutely weary and quit striving to be and just let go and ask God if we can start again and of course He is always willing. I know it thrilled me that my child had come to the point in His life that he realized having the relationship with his creator was of utmost importance. It isn't just about going to church it is a LIFESTYLE choice. Can I just say "thank you Lord" that you continue to speak to our hearts and that my child, no longer a boy himself but a husband and father had a tender enough heart to allow you to speak to his. Thank you Father, please lead and guide their precious family and guard their hearts and minds to dwell on you.