Random Thoughts...

I was at a funeral today...so heartbreaking. A 20yr old girl died in a car accident last week. I would guess 1,000 people filled this church (for sure a fire code violation) and heard a message of hope...through music, stories and a really solid message from her old youth pastor. Honestly, what do we have if we have no hope? Ever thought about that? In every funeral I talk at I say "Death causes us to evaluate life"...Guess I'm doing just that...I had thoughts of going to my kids' schools and taking them out early just to be with them...cause as a dad you just don't want to think about losing a child to death...at the same time, they belong to God and it's my job to raise them for whatever they may deal with in life...so I can just hide them from everything...

20yrs old...wow, she was born one month before I graduated from High School...her life sounded incredible...I'm sure not without her own issues, but she was in love with Jesus and that just changes thing...Now we ca have hope...Death isn't the end...(freaks me out a bit to say that) but it's only the beginning of a new chapter...

What has my life amounted to in the last 38 years...??? Honestly, am I really doing what I am supposed to be doing? Am I the husband I am supposed to be? The dad that the boys need me to be? The Pastor that I am...is it right? Have I become what God created me to be or have I become what I say I hate most...FAKE?

Have you thought about your life today? What impact are you making...because you are making an impact. Good or bad we are all impacting people...there is no in-between...

Today I witnessed 1,000+ people who were touched by one person...It made me think...