Happy Father's Day

I have been fortunate to have many great men influence my life. My own father has been an example of what it means to love your children through hard times in life, sacrificing ones own comfort to provide for those you love and care for. For that I am eternally grateful. I pray that I am able live up to the example he has set out for me in that way.

I learned from my dad the value of time spent. He taught me to throw a baseball, to duck walk down the cereal aisle, and how important taking care your family is.

I'm thankful for my dad. I am also thankful for the men of God that have spoken into my life.

1 Corinthians 4:14-15 reads: "I do not write these things to same you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me.

It is with this verse in mind that I say thank you to men like Pastor Todd Pope and Pastor Rick Gannon who have been the greatest influences in my life. They have been examples of Pastors, husbands, fathers, and men of God. I am honored that they took interest in me and invested their lives in me.