Boys!

It is one week and two days since Jacob entered the world. How great it is to have two wonderful little boys. The Lord has truly blessed us with these two gifts!

A few months ago, B and I were driving to work and the Lord spoke some clear words to me. I had to just sit in the car for a bit before getting out. I needed a minute to let it all soak in. So far in my life as a parent the Lord has given Adam and I two little boys. Along with these great gifts, comes great responsibility. As Christian parents we are charged to raise our children in the Lord.

• Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Eph 6:4
• Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. Prov. 22:6

I have always know that as parents we have this responsibility. But that morning on my way to work the Lord impressed on me the deeper responsibility of not only raising children, but raising two boys who must grow up to be the spiritual leader.

So now Adam and I are doing our best on focusing on what it means to raise two boys up in Christ, and to help equip them to be men of integrity and the spiritual leader of their family.