It’s Not Supposed To Go Like That

It goes without saying but I absolutely love my kids. They are such a mix of my wife and I. It’s amazing how you can almost anticipate how they will react to things because, well, it’s how I would react too. “The Boy” is a great example of this. He is so much me that is scares me to death. The good news is that he has several qualities of my wife too. For example, I think I have tested the boundaries of what you can and can’t do my whole life. I get right to the edge and at times it has cost me more than I’d like to admit. My wife, on the other hand, is awesome with maintaining such a great balance. She has margin in her life and follows direction. It has saved her from the mistakes that I have experienced.

During the opening ceremonies for the Olympics a few weeks ago, I made some commentary remarks about people lip syncing. Apparently that was a new concept to “the boy”. Friends I am telling you that he just couldn’t get his head wrapped around it. In his mind it just wasn’t right. He kept saying “but why would someone do that”. He was seriously struggling with it. Can you imagine what he would have done with Milli Vanilli? In his mind it is just not supposed to go like that.

I bring that up because I believe there is an element of that in each of us. As much as I have pushed the limits and tested the margins, I still know when something just “isn’t supposed to go like that”. Take a look at a churches prayer chain and you will probably think the same thing. Just this week I heard of two Dads that passed away suddenly and left a family behind. Two words that should never go together are “Children’s” and “Hospital”. Hearts shouldn’t be broken and people shouldn’t be lonely. It’s just not supposed to go like that.