While what you see, may seem like just another family photograph, these eyes see and know of miraculous healing, distinctive and powerful gifting, each with a heart for people. It is indeed humbling to be part of a family whose footprints and faith are walking the world with God, both here in America and abroad.
Character, integrity and honor were forged into all our lives by our parents. I am grateful and blessed to have such a wonderful mom and dad. My brother and I are blessed to have met great ladies to partner and continue helping us forge character, integrity and honor into the lives of our children. Some of our children have been blessed to meet great ladies and now for the first time, one of our sons and his wife hold the same wonderful opportunity to forge character, integrity and honor into the life of their new son.
Leaving a legacy of honor is not just something that happens along the way. A piece of iron sitting on an anvil will never become a sword unless it is subject to battering and forging, seemingly brutal at first, and then gentle and refining in the end. The finest swords require the work of a great master sword-smith. He knows what it will take to get the iron to respond also having the completed vision for it's use and beauty at the end of the process.
What may seem like ordinary people in a portrait to you, look like swords in process to me. Some of us are in the refining and finishing stages, and others well on their way there. All of us gathered here in this place, in this photo with heartfelt thanksgiving and joy. I trust that your time of celebration was filled with family and grace as a part of forging the legacy of character and honor that Godly Americans held high centuries ago. I am thankful for the honorable character forged into my heart by my parents, I hope all Americans can continue or return to the same. Where are you in the process of becoming a sword?
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