Here’s what I was thinking as our plane touched down in Edinburgh, Scotland this morning at 10:30 local time (5:30 am Indiana time!):
I have truly arrived.
And that’s because it occurred to me that if anyone had told 21-year-old me back in 1989, the last time I was in Scotland, that I would return 36 years later with my beautiful and talented wife to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary …
That she and I would have 4 incredible children – 2 handsome boys and 2 gorgeous girls …
That my oldest son would be proudly serving as an officer in the Army …
That my oldest daughter would be a successful interior designer living in Myrtle Beach …
That my second son would be using his college degree in computer science to help program drones …
That my youngest daughter would be getting ready to study art at Indiana University …
That I would own a house in Columbus, Indiana packed full of memories …
That I had made a varied “career” out of ministry, from LeMars, Iowa to Pensacola, Florida to Cap Haitien, Haiti to Accra, Ghana …
That I currently had two jobs that I truly loved and felt God’s calling on …
And that I would be working on a doctorate degree …
If you had told me all this, I would have said:
1) I don’t believe you,
And 2) What is a drone?
And 3) If all that IS true, I am glad to hear that I will achieve success beyond my wildest dreams.
(And, by the way, if you furthermore told me that I and my beautiful wife wouldn’t be anywhere near to what most Americans call financial security …
I would have said:
1) I’m not surprised
And 2) Who cares?)
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