As I wait.

I sit here at 3 in the morning on Saturday at Wesley Hospital waiting for my wife to go into full blown labor. We ended up here at midnight after she experienced some heavy contractions.

I feel fairly inadaquate to be a father but I also know that it is a great privilege to be a part of that amazing process. God has given me a special gift by giving me Cassie and a process that has been remarkably normal. Last year, as we experienced pain in loss, we knew that God had a perfect plan in the works. We knew that he knew what he was doing and we knew that we had to trust him completely. It is amazing to see just how things work out the way that God intends and not the way that I intend them to work out. He has given me so many blessings, such an amazing wife, a great job, wonderful co-laborors in the gospel. It is a joy to be in the right place at the right time with the right God in charge. I am so thankful.

I haven't held my child in my hands. I will...soon. But I know that my earthly father has given me a model to father by and my heavenly father has given me a great example of what it means to lead my family in a way that is biblical and profound.

Thank you, my God the King. I will praise your name forever and ever...Every day I will praise you...I will extol your name forever and ever!