Okay so we are blogging...

So my sister suggested that we start blogging. So here is my latest thought.

So in 8 weeks, I will be welcoming my daughter into this world. This both excites me and scares me to no end.

The thought of being a dad seems to be such an undertaking. You are responsible for their saftey, their shelter, their basic well-being. I know this may sound funny, but the thing that scares me the most is that I will be carrying her and I will trip and fall. Isn't that rediculous that would be my biggest fear?

I think it just adds to a fear of screwing this kid up. My parents were incredible and I still had my years of craziness. I know too many kids that have perminately messed up their lives, yet had amazing Godly parents. Yet I know just as many people in the exact opposite position. Horrible parents, yet the turned out awesome.

With all that to say, I think that I should surrender my parenting to God and allow Him to shape me as a dad, thus shaping my daughter as a woman of God. Is there anything else I can really do? I know that based on my own effort, that I suck at life, and without my maker, I am nothing.

Can you imagine life without God? What a horrific thought. I think that is why hell is such a terrifing thought to me. Not because of the "lake of fire" but the eternity without my maker.

I always wonder how people could reject the Gospel and send themselves to an eternity without God, but I guess if you never have a relationship with him, you don't know what you are missing.

Back to the point, Pray that God would shape me into a reflection of His "fatherhood" for my daughter. I pray that my daughter never experiences me as a father, but only God through me.

In HIM,
mw