In my life I have said some awfully bad things about the children of preachers. Now, of all people, I have one. Tonight however I learned to look at it from their perspective. Tonight I had to attend to a family from the church so C. J. had to share her Daddy. So the question popped in my head...how does the kid of a preacher feel when they might have a day altered because Daddy is always on call? Or, how would C.J. feel if Daddy missed her first soccer goal because Daddy must attend a meeting? No wonder I always said that those preachers' kids crave attention.
Tonight taught me to always have balance in my life, and to remember that God gave me a beautiful daughter to raise with my wife, and not just when I can schedule her in. Does this mean I drag her to every meeting, service or preaching engagment to make sure we have quality time together? No, to me it means allowing God to use me as he sees fit. That way I know that I will be the best daddy to C.J. and minister to the church.
So I'm short tonight, just getting in really. But as always, remember to pray because prayer changes things.
P.S. Hey C.J., your daddy has promised the Lord to follow where He leads me. Sometimes there will be times you will not agree with that. Do know that God blessed me with you and you will ALWAYS have the daddy time you need. He loves you and I love you too!
For all of you to know the report from the babysitter was that she hit another kid today. As we Johnsons believe, I guess he got too close. Go baby go!
