Character...

Recently I have been thinking a lot about Gentry and how to teach her about God. I know she is only 8 months old, and that it will be some time until she truly understands what he is all about, but I feel its never to early to begin planting the seeds that will someday lead her to love the Lord. I feel one of the greatest responsibilities I have as a parent is helping shape Gentry's character. when I truly think about this responsibility it makes me very nervous... that is a huge responsibility!  how I live my life, my actions, my words, my service... everything I do will help teach her about Character..this is hard to me because I feel as humans we build so much time looking toward the future and building our careers, that we forget about character being far more important... Our focus should be more on modeling ourselves after God and building our eternal character... afterall you don't take your career to heaven, but you do however take your character... So as I continue this journey of parenthood I am going to change the way I look at this life... from now on I am going to strive to model my life as a preparation for the next... my time here on earth is brief, along with it comes challenges, fun times, and lessons that produce growth-  and while I am preparing myself for eternity, in return I will be preparing Gentry not only for a relationship with God, but for her eternity too....


Lord give me the guidance to live my life as a reflection of you in everything I do!