My legacy is my impetus for doing what I do making me directly responsible for my actions in my everyday life vital. I often ponder the life of my children and their children based on the life that I lead today. This is why I work as hard as I do. I want to have a "We" story. This practice that allows me to connect with my family in a way that gets them to trust in what Daddy is doing will benefit them in the end.
Two summers ago I was living a selfish life. I felt that all the energy that I was expending to please my family was useless because I couldn't see any benefit in it. So my life became and "I" story. I begin to do things that put the security of my family in jeopardy, but I didn't know it at the time, mainly because I was too caught in doing what I wanted to do. However, I went to a Men's Conference in late July and man spoke about living a legacy. He mentioned how we should not be living for our own lives today, but instead we should be setting up a life for our children and their children. He said that is the only way we can and will hold ourselves accountable for our immediate actions. Feeling extremely guilty, I begin to review my sins and new I had to face the reality of the mess that my selfishness created and beg for forgiveness. However, I was afraid, I didn't know how to tell the "We" story. I had drifted so far away that once making myself vulnerable, I knew I would be obliterated. God told me to confess and I didn't. Then He told me that he would not let me leave the year 2008 until I revealed my sins or I was exposed through other means. Still afraid to find the "We" story, my wife told me that we were pregnant. I cried for three weeks, not that we were having another baby, but because I felt unfit to be a father. I had to find our "We" story. So, in front of the church I confessed and began
the process of reconciliation and my eyes were immediately opened. It is about all of us. In order to have a true vision and see all the possibilities, all of us involved and all those I affect must be included in the story: The "We" story. My life has changed; much more challenging, but much more rewarding all because "Me" stepped out of the way and "I" became "We".
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