Being that it’s father’s day, I suppose I should write a post about my dad. 🙂

My dad has taught me so much.

This is my changing a tire this morning…on father’s day!

He taught me to whistle entire songs, how to sing, how to throw a softball, how to change a flat tire, how to sing like louis armstrong, how to squeak with my lips, how to properly eat sunflower seeds (crack the shell with your teeth, spit out the shell, eat the seed…), how to be a defensive driver, etc….

He’s taught me quite a bit. I even inherited his talent of telling an entire joke and completely forgetting to tell the punch line. I inherited his distaste for board games and video games. I gained his love for people and to know them more deeply. I inherited his love for information – he was a history major – he’s always looking up facts or rattling off Facebook statuses which naturally he wants to know someone’s facebook history 😉 . Not because he is a Facebook addict, but because he likes to know just what is going on. I also inherited his stubbornness. If you know me at all, you know I can be a little ridiculous sometimes. The “it’s my way or the highway” mentality, yeah, I’m working on that….and yeah, I got it from my father.

There is so much of me that I can attribute directly to my father, but one of the main things I can attribute is my love for truth and my desire to seek it out.  My father is a learner. No he is not perfect, but he sure does enjoy learning about who Christ is and what it means to walk in the love Christ has lived out tangibly for us on this earth.

I find myself doing what my father does. I am always googling. In fact, a side-story, when I first moved into my brother and sister-in-law’s place, they asked me if I knew anything about orchids, and I said no, but immediately, I hopped on google and tried to find the answer for them. I know that isn’t about the gospel and the Lord and grace, etc., but it shows a little sneak peak into who I am because of my father. I love to learn about the Lord. I love to research and read books and study the Bible. If it wasn’t for my father, I would not have the desire to learn like I do.

So, in honor of father’s day, thank you, Dad! I love you! Thank you for the influence you have directly had on my life. I cannot thank you enough for changing my life the way you and your beautiful wife have!

Sorry, dad, I had to do it! 🙂

To Be Continued… 🙂