I’ve noticed a number of significant changes that have happened in my life, and most of them revolved around significant relationships. Each change taught me something about God, life, and myself, and each change helped me to become less self-focused. Which is not to say I have it together, I know there are a lot more changes yet to come, but let me talk to you about two of them.
When I got married it was like I started a whole new life. Gone were the days of goofing off and late night video games. Now I was responsible not just for myself, but for my wife as well. I didn’t get to do whatever I wanted, but had to compromise on things. I am still learning to put my wife before myself, but this relationship brought me to a place where I could no longer only look out for number 1 because there was a new number 1 in my life.
If marriage was life 1.2, then having a child was like life 2.0. This change was much more drastic, and stretched me even farther. Now I have this child that is completely dependant on me for everything, and so now I’m finding myself at the bottom of the priority list to these two girls that live in my house.
These changes have been wonderful, and even though they stretched me and I had to sacrifice some of my own selfishness, I wouldn’t change any of it for an instant. I told my friend this week that I’ve learned more about God from my daughter than from any seminary class I’ve taken. It’s these relationships that cause me to turn my focus from myself to others that are growing me to be the man that God wants me to be.
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