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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
Just Waiting & Convincing
We are now spending a lot of our time waiting and convincing. Of course there are tons of other things that we are doing with a five day old baby, but much of it seems to be waiting. Waiting for Jessi Girl to wake up so we can see those eyes. Waiting for her to start to wake up so we can watch the cutest wake up process ever. Waiting for her to go to sleep so we can sleep. Waiting for her to wake up because we know she is ready to eat. Waiting for her to get used to a schedule of some sorts so we can too. Even before she got here we waited for her to arrive. We waited to know what she would look like.
So we wait and wait and wait. Then in the long nights and extended crying periods we do a lot of convincing…at least we try. We walk her all over the house and tell her everything’s ok as if we have a clue why she is still crying. We swaddle her up. We change her diapers. We hold her tight. We do all these things and constantly try to convince her. We tell her we love her. We tell her everything’s ok. We tell her she’s fine. We tell her she will be our favorite over all the other future kids if she will go to sleep. We tell her everything in hopes that we can convince her.
The good thing is that in a while (exact period of time unknown) she will start to catch on to these things. She will know that we love her. She will sleep without us constantly waiting to see if it will ever happen. Makes me think about my life. How many times has God done that for me? How much does He still do it? He waits and waits and waits for me. He waits for me to give myself over to Him every day. He waits for me to obey Him. He waited for me to give Him my heart and mind. He made all of creation trying to convince me of Him. He uses my little baby to convince me that He loves me. He tells me He loves me. He tells me everything’s ok.
I hope that I can live my life responding to Him in the way Jessi Girl is growing to know us.
Video Of The Week – Jessi Girl
I had another video planned for this week not expecting to get much video of my new little baby girl outside of crying and sleeping, but I happened to get the best video I think any new daddy could ever have captured. So the plan has been altered and this video has taken precedence. Plus it’s my dad’s birthday and I know he would rather see video of his grandbaby than anything else. I don’t know what else to tell you about it other than that (even though everyone says this) I have the cutest, most gorgeous baby in the entire world. Yeah. I said it. Watch the video and try to disagree with me.
Kingsfield Church Setlist
Well, we have baby so I’m sure that most of you that are reading this today are expecting more baby talk so I will give you a bit. Jessi and KK are doing great! We are headed home this morning! We cannot wait for Jack to meet Jessi and sleep in our own bed! Seriously that will be awesome. We also said goodbye to one set of grandparents today as they are roadtripping back to OK.
I will not be leading at Kingsfield today because I am staying home to take care of my girls so Chris is taking my place. He even picked his own set all by himself! We also did a show on Friday night in the Town Center so I thought I would add that set on as well. Enjoy!
Sunday
Jesus Saves – Carlos Whittaker – Carlos Whittaker – EP
Glory To God Forever – Fee – Hope Rising
Healer – Hillsong – This Is Our God
Salvation Is Here – Hillsong United – Look To You
Friday
A Message – Coldplay – X & Y
Viva La Vida – Coldplay – Viva La Vida
All These Things I’ve Done – The Killers – Hot Fuss
Over My Head (Cable Car) – The Fray – How To Save A Life
Life Is A Highway – Tom Cochrane – Mad Mad World
Two Princes – Spin Doctors – Pocket Full Of Kryptonite
Where The Streets Have No Name – U2 – The Best Of 1980-1990
You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol – Eyes Open
Open Your Eyes – Snow Patrol – Eyes Open
