Happy Sunday!

And Happy Father's Day to all you dads!

I wonder if you feel similar to me when you reflect on being a father?

There's no way I could have become the man I am today, nor would I have had such a truly rich life, without the experience of raising my four children. I found that having kids actually changed my capacity for love.

Being a father was not just a role or label. It was something I become that was "bigger" than I was before.

Have you had a similar experience?

We hope you have a great week and enjoy today's Sunday 7!

Blessings!

1 )  Photo of the Week

2 )  Quote to Ponder

“Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later . . . that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called 'Being a Father' so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life.” –Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

3 ) 🥾 Time Outside

On one of our last weekends in Colorado, Chrissy and I drove up Mt. Evans with our son Jeremiah. The drive up to the peak of Mount Evans is a breathtaking experience. Apparently it is the highest paved road in the USA rising to an elevation greater than 14.000 feet. The road we took to the top climbed more than 7,000 feet in 28 miles. The photo and video below are of our short, but cold and treacherous, hike from the parking lot at the top to the very summit.

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What fun have you had outside recently?

4 )  Dad Joke

My friends love scaring the crap out of me.

With friends like that who needs enemas?

5 )  💌 Relationship Corner

Marriage Pearl # 18: A Spouse Doesn't Complete You

Marriage is not about finding someone to complete you, but rather about two complete individuals coming together to create something new and exciting.

A spouse doesn’t complete you… you are you and they are them and both of your should be complete individuals. 

I remember being in college and taking a marriage course at my church. I don’t remember anything else from the class but the one thing I learned hit me deep. The miracle of marriage is taking two complete beings and making one. Anyone can take two halves and make a whole only God can take two wholes and make a new one.

This was extremely freeing for me. I am me and I am whole. My spouse wasn’t going to complete me like you complete a puzzle.

I was/am/will ever be enough. I like to serve a God who works miracles. The thought of Him taking two whole people and through marriage making a new creation out of us was exhilarating.

It still gets me excited today.

Steve is who he is and I am who I am and together we are something altogether new and exciting. That to me is what marriage should be.

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6 )  🖊️ Adventures of Steve & Chrissy Update

Travel Week: CO to MO

We have arrived in MO and are getting settled in. Last Sunday we spent the night in Kansas at a Thrasher Museum. It was a pretty cool place with lots of different buildings highlighting different equ…

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7 )  🤔 Questions for Reflection

What are some of the most significant lessons you learned from your father?