11/14/2022
Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. Proverbs 8:34…. I look around and see my wonderful life, almost perfect from the outside! In picture frames I see my beautiful wife, always smiling but on the inside, I can hear her saying "Lead me with strong hands; stand up when I can't don't leave me hungry for love, chasing dreams, what about us? Show me you're willing to fight, that I'm still the love of your life! I know we call this our home but I still feel alone." I see their faces, look in their innocent eyes; they're just children from the outside! I'm working hard, I tell myself they'll be fine they're independent but on the inside, I can hear them saying "Lead me with strong hands, stand up when I can't don't leave me hungry for love, chasing dreams, what about us? Show me you're willing to fight that I'm still the love of your life! I know we call this our home but I still feel alone." So Father, give me the strength to be everything I am called to be! Oh, Father, show me the way to lead them! Won't you lead me? To lead them with strong hands, to stand up when they can't! Don't want to leave them hungry for love, chasing dreams that I could give up! I'll show them I'm willing to fight and give them the best of my life so we can call this our home! Lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone! Father, lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone!- Sanctus Real…Wow! What a message in song by Sanctus Real. Are we as men, as husbands, as daddy’s doing all that we can do to lead our families in the ways of the Lord? Do we leave them desiring more from us as the leaders that God has called us to be? To love our family is to want and to do what is best for them. Where do their spiritual lives rank in this responsibility? Do we place as much value in the spiritual wellbeing of our spouse and children as we do in the other areas of their lives? Do we care enough to listen to and be led by God and to watch daily at His gates and wait at His doors? Where are we in our willingness to be led by the Heavenly Father and our understanding that we must be steadfast, obedient and men of courage so we can lead our loved ones? Spend time with the Father each and every day in prayer and studying His word, strengthening that relationship that will enable us to not leave them wanting more but rather giving them the confidence that we will always love them and will be that rock that every family needs to lead them in the way that God has called us to lead…Praying that God will create within us all the desire and the courage to step up and lead our families and to fight for them in the spiritual warfare that they encounter each and everyday. Father lead us because we can’t do this alone…(2011)