Thoughts Of A Daddy

One of my dreams in life is to become a pastor.  And not just any pastor, but one who can be mightily used by God to bring souls to Christ and to help Christians grow in their walk with God and spiritual maturity.  It would be a dream come true if God ever called me to shepherd His flock.  Unfortunately, God has not called me yet so all I can do is continue to walk faithfully according to His word.  I wish God would call me into full-time ministry sooner since that is my passion and deepest longing.  But alas, the years go by and He has not called me.  Perhaps He doesn't think I'm ready right now, or perhaps there's more training I need to go through, or perhaps being a pastor is not God's will for me.  In any case, one can always dream, right? Speaking of dreaming... If I was the pastor at the church I attend, there would be several things I would do differently: 1) I would change the way we do worship. On Sunday mornings, we only dedicate 10 minutes to worship

It never ceases to amaze me how smart children are.  They pick things up so quickly, and they are also very perceptive at reading people.  I've also heard before that children know the gender of the baby in the mother's womb and also know when there is another baby that will be joining the family. Before my wife and I went in for an ultrasound to find out the gender of our second child, we had asked our son whether he thought he was going to have a little brother or a little sister.  He said little sister.  Shortly after, we headed over for the ultrasound, and amazingly, our son had predicted correctly!  It was incredible! Now that we are getting closer to baby number two's due date, our son has been clinging tightly to my wife these past few days, with the clinginess increasing with each passing day.  This morning, our son refused to be comforted unless mommy was holding him standing up.  It didn't matter whether daddy held him, it didn't matter if mommy was ri