Perspective

Perspective

I was driving the other day and my mind was active.  I found myself thinking about the pistol I was given as a gift last year…and that I hadn’t yet taken out to shoot.  It reminded me that I probably ought to be a dad that takes his son shooting, you know, teach him to shoot and maybe how to hunt.  Oh yeah – I don’t know how to hunt.  Maybe that’s something I should learn and do?

Continuing down the road I saw a dive symbol over the door of a scuba diving instruction business.  My mind then began to rewind the years back to the time when I was in my 20’s and had the chance to learn to dive – to get my certification for free.  I was living in South Florida at the time but I just didn’t do it.  Maybe someday I will, I thought.

Come to think of it there’s a LOT of things I haven’t done or have not become.  It sometimes makes me feel a little like I am behind the 8-ball in life somehow.  It’s that uneasy feeling that I should get my act together a bit more and become and do those things a good dad, man, person should become and do.

As all these thoughts swirled in my mind I paused and prayed.  “God, you know what.  There are a lot of things I haven’t done and may never be.  But here are a few things I hope to be and do.”

1. Be in right relationship with God loving Jesus and living a life filled with the Holy Spirit.
2. Be a devoted family man who loves and serves his wife and family leading them toward Jesus.
3. Be a friend of the orphan.
4. Be a faithful shepherd to the Lord’s flock pastoring in a local church for an extended length of time.

When it's all said and done and my time on earth is over if the above list is a reality I think I'll die with a smile.