My dad wasn’t perfect.  If he was writing this post, he would tell you that.  Today as I consider his mistakes, they don’t frustrate me as much as they give me hope.  Despite his failings, God used my father to pass the legacy of faith from his generation to my own.  He did this through modeling a Christ-like devotion to our family, our church, and the world.

I don’t have the words to accurately describe the impression this type of parenting makes, but thankfully a man by the name of Terry L. Johnson does.  In his writings of, “The Family Worship Book”, Johnson articulates these beautiful words that are seared into my mind daily:

“Children growing up with the daily experience of seeing their parents humbled in worship, focusing on spiritual things, submitting to the authority of the word, catechizing and otherwise instructing their children will not easily turn from Christ.  Our children should grow up with the voices of their fathers pleading for their souls in prayer ringing in their ears, leading to their salvation, or else haunting them for the rest of their lives.”

Thank you Daddy for the ringing in my ears! May it never escape me.

This video is of my 3 year old daughter.  May God make the ringing in her ears overwhelming!