A morning in the branch office...

Good morning, Today is a very unique day but, also a very normal day too. I got up this morning and drove my daughter to the bus stop. Her bus picks her up about 1 mile away from the house and it is dark in the morning when she has to walk to the bus stop so, I started driving her to the bus stop and even though it is now not dark in the mornings, I continued this practice. Then I went into the family room where my wife and our youngest daughter are usually watching cartoons or a old show from the 80's on Nickelodeon. This morning "Full House" was on and it was the episode, ok I should stop. The episode that was on the television this morning really does not add to anything in this blog. Back to why this day is as it is. I am currently in the branch office with Ryan Itzel, an associate evangelist and friend, and he is painting up his message for this afternoon and I decided to write a blog post while I waited. I have not done a very good job at keeping up with this blog so, I probably have am writing this for myself as a journal. That is ok but, on the off chance that someone else does read this I hope it is entertaining, informative and will give you reason to pause and access you situation. If you were to ask me a question yesterday about contentment and if I felt any contentment. I would have probably said "sometimes". Although, this morning and even now as I type this blog it somehow gives me purpose and contentment. This morning my youngest daughter, Aria (22 months) came out to the kitchen and climbed up on the stool and said "juugukis" or at least that is what is sounded like she said. Then she pointed to the cake pops that my wife had made last night. Cake pops are a mix between a lolipop and cake. There is a machine that she bought a few months ago that bakes cake batter into lolipop form and then you melt chocolate and put the cake on a stick and cover it in melted chocolate and you have cakepops. So, this is what she wanted. I gave her one and she smiled and began to eat the cakepop. This moment when she smiled at me brought a joy into my life and caused me to look back and see how far God has brought me from where I was ten years ago. Now, as I sit in the office waiting for Ryan to complete his painting so we can go to Chinatown and preach the gospel I see how God has a plan even is cakepops to remind us of how good He is and how much He has done in our lives. So, if you feel like you are just going through the motions of day to day life and do not see your purpose then I say stop and think about a cakepop! Have a blessed day, until you read again...