PROOF IS POWER GLEN HENRY
A little over a decade ago, my wife of five years asked me a question that changed my life. We had tucked in the boys and were in bed, but Yvette couldn’ t sleep. She stared at me and said,“ I’ m bored. Tell me a bedtime story so I can fall asleep.”
I, being a creative person, understood the mental energy that would take and was irritated by the request. I jokingly responded,“ What do I look like, Dr. Suess? I’ m tired too!” We both laughed, and once the room fell silent, she smiled and said,“ Well, tell me your five-year plan.” That was a totally unfair question because it was eleven o’ clock at night and I was half- asleep, so all I could think to say was,“ Well, you know... whatever God has for us. I’ m just trusting him.”
She replied,“ Hmm... I’ m trusting you with my family and my future, and you don’ t even have five years planned out?” Then she rolled over and went to sleep.
I don’ t think she’ ll ever understand how much that question hurt. It exposed so much of me as a husband and a father: my lack of vision, my lack of direction. It
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