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Thursday, March 26, 2015
Bronzer and Highlighter: How God Uses Teenagers and Makeup
A few days ago, my oldest daughter came to me with a question. "Dad," she asked. "Why should I have to put both bronzer and highlighter on when I do my makeup? Don't they just cancel each other out?" With a very confused look on my face I replied, "Why are you putting metal and marker on your face?" (At this point, my daughter fell down laughing.) Many that know me will tell you that I am a real guys, guy. I love sports, soccer and NASCAR especially. I have selective hearing, which drives my wife crazy... yet, for some reason, God saw fit to bless me with five beautiful daughters and a breath taking wife. So... in my house, I get asked questions about makeup and nail polish, hair dye and bath products. I get to peruse through wedding magazines and hear about the latest relationship happenings of people I've never heard of. At the end of the day there's only one word that describes my life.
JOY!
(That's the color pink for all you guys out there.)
I love being a husband and father, however when I dreamt of what life would be like with a house full of children the only thing I got right was the part about having a HOT wife. I thought for sure I would have a house full of boys. We'd wrestle in the living room and throw the ball outside... We'd head out to the woods and come home proudly wearing all the dirt and stink we could find.
But God knew better...
My favorite verse is Jeremiah 29:11...
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."
I don't miss the fact that I haven't come home smelly after a day romping in the woods nor do I miss the fact that I've never taken any of my daughters fishing. What I have been able to do is paint their fingers and toes and I've been asked, "Do I look pretty daddy?" Dreams are wonderful! They inspire innovation and creativity but they are just that... dreams. God,on the other hand, doesn't have dreams... There is nothing that is known that is not known by God. What He does have are plans. A plan.. A plan for me. All of it meant to give me a future and hope. For me, my plan meant 5 beautiful daughters and a stunning wife that drives me to Godliness. It means bronzer and highlighter, (because there are features of your face that each of these products enhance or diminish as needed.) But there is one reality that all the plans God has for you and I have in common. Joy
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
Hebrews 12:1-2
I am the joy that God through the writer of Hebrews spoke of and because the plan God has for me includes a house full of women, I understand that I am His joy. For that, I am very thankful...
JOY!
(That's the color pink for all you guys out there.)
I love being a husband and father, however when I dreamt of what life would be like with a house full of children the only thing I got right was the part about having a HOT wife. I thought for sure I would have a house full of boys. We'd wrestle in the living room and throw the ball outside... We'd head out to the woods and come home proudly wearing all the dirt and stink we could find.
But God knew better...
My favorite verse is Jeremiah 29:11...
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."
I don't miss the fact that I haven't come home smelly after a day romping in the woods nor do I miss the fact that I've never taken any of my daughters fishing. What I have been able to do is paint their fingers and toes and I've been asked, "Do I look pretty daddy?" Dreams are wonderful! They inspire innovation and creativity but they are just that... dreams. God,on the other hand, doesn't have dreams... There is nothing that is known that is not known by God. What He does have are plans. A plan.. A plan for me. All of it meant to give me a future and hope. For me, my plan meant 5 beautiful daughters and a stunning wife that drives me to Godliness. It means bronzer and highlighter, (because there are features of your face that each of these products enhance or diminish as needed.) But there is one reality that all the plans God has for you and I have in common. Joy
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
Hebrews 12:1-2
I am the joy that God through the writer of Hebrews spoke of and because the plan God has for me includes a house full of women, I understand that I am His joy. For that, I am very thankful...
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