Happy Thursday! This is a long post, and my apologies in advance.
I have been a bit less present here the last week. Last Thursday morning, I left home and headed to Louisville, Kentucky. It was about a 12 hour trip up there due to traffic delays. I had a nice dinner with some VIP guests and then spoke at an event Friday evening. I met some new friends, and had the opportunity to spend some time with old friends as well.
Saturday morning, I drove back home due to the threat of a tropical system and preparations I needed to attend to here on our property. I left Kentucky around 0315 BAMA time, and got home shortly after lunch. It was a long day.
The real reason?
I needed to be with my family.
If but for 24 hours.
I headed out after church on Sunday for an event north of Indianapolis, Indiana which was held on Monday afternoon. As soon as the event was over, I returned home.
Here's the deal, brothers:
My family is the most precious part of my life. They depend on me, as they see it, but the reality is, I need them. I don't want anything from them, but to be with them.
In a few days, we will do one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, and that is move our daughter 2.5 hours away into her college dorm.
It hurts, but it is bittersweet. I know this is what she wants, but it is the letting go that is difficult for this dad.
For more than 18 years, we pour our lives into these precious gifts from God, only to have to, one day, let them go.
I could go on, but I digress.
It's hard. It's hard sending our children into a world that seems to becoming more evil, more vile, more dangerous by the hour.
The only hope is our faith in Christ, that He sustain them, embrace them, and lead them. May the floors in our homes become worn by the paths we walk in prayer, may our knees become tattered by the time we spend on them covering our children and spouses in prayer, and may all of hell know, for this battle, we will not relent. We will pursue, with deep vigor, the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, until our last breath.
Join me tonight for the Unconquered Roundtable at 7PM central. If you need more info about joining, DM me. No sales, I just give you info, and you decide.
God bless and LIVE UNCONQUERED!