Saturday, August 6th

I thought I would ad a picture of my little Texas Junior Ranger (I just figured it out). I think it is great to be a Dad. My son is now 3 months old (this pic is of him when he was just a day or two old). He has changed so much. Which brings me to my quiet time. In just 3 months, my son has made so many changes, in appearance and personality. As adults, they say that we change but very slowly. I wonder if this is true. I know in the last 3 months, I have changed a tremendous amount. I have a new job, a son, two cars instead of one, and gone from financial security to financial disarray. Our character goes through constant change. Am I changing it for the good? bad?

char·ac·ter (noun)
1. The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another.
2. A distinguishing feature or attribute, as of an individual, group, or category.

3. Moral or ethical strength.
4. A description of a person's attributes, traits, or abilities.

1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."

Romans 5:1-5
1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Also, some other scriptures that I found on this...
Proverbs 4:4 A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

Also see Proverbs 31 which talks of a wife of noble character. My thought is this (refering to the wife of noble character): if my wife is required by the bible to be of noble character, then what about me, the dude? Am I supposed to be sitting around and just be a jerk? By no means! I am supposed to be setting an example for her. And if I don't? Then Whoah is me. I would be in the land of whotus for sure.

So how do I become a man of noble character? Romans 5 pretty well spells it out for me. Suffering > perseverance > character > hope

This QT helps me. Off I go - Johnny Out!