Leader Of The Pack

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve...But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD." -- Joshua 24:15

As my kids have grown into teenagers, we've had many interesting conversations. Of course, I knew there would be conversations about things like sex, driving, death...the usual stuff. But it's the unexpected conversations that I treasure the most.

Rachel comes and sits down and curls up next to me late last night and asks me this question: "Daddy, what is a boyfriend's job?" If you are a father and have a daughter, you might just have sprayed your keyboard! What is awesome is after we talked about the differences between boyfriends and husbands, and what type of man she needs to look for one day when she's grown and ready for a family, she asked me why Jesus never got married. How awesome is it to hear a question like that? She asked great questions and I gave the best answers I could muster and I believe we both came away better for it.

I showed her that Jesus is the head of the church the same way that I am the head of our family and that just like I look after and lead my family, He looks after and leads all of His followers who are the church.

Men, that is our measure. Our instruction book is Jesus. We are called to be the spiritual leaders of our families. It's our job to be in tune with their needs, both individually and as one. We can't serve more than one master, so each day we have to decide who that master will be. Women, many times we are only as good as the woman standing by our side. Know that we are honestly trying and realize that we need your help, sometimes more than we'll admit!

Today, I choose the LORD!