This morning, early, and after sitting up US time to look at the BP results issued 7am UK and a late finish watching Inception in the cinema, a breakfast meeting came into sharp focus quickly as a number of friends gathered at House Blend cafe (check it out Orlando). My eyes rejected the very thought of contact lenses, so I had to use the ones perched on the wire over my nose.
It was a real opportunity to hear, encourage and pray for the situations we are all in as men, father’s, husbands or whatever season we are in. Kurt spoke from the heart about being intentional with his kids and how he actively goes out to mentor and speak into their lives on regular one to one sessions they all three boys look forward to, in fact so keen are they that getting our of bed before 6am is part of the treat. Great stuff.
We heard about engaging in the messy and how sharpened brave dad’s will get their kids into dangerous agrees of society to live sent and realize the reality of the world. That is a concept most struggle with, when your natural reaction is to run a mile and make it good and safe for your kids. We heard how one dad encourages his son to connect with a friend and be a listener to understand the friend’s journey. That was we are all going as the disciples were. It is actively going rather than in the being.
Hey, we are all learners and linking up with guys like these regularly is a real blessing, because few of us face circumstances that others haven’t.
The absolute and specific breakdown between dad’s and kids, as the relationship dysfunctionality pace increases means we are staring at a generation from now having crazy mixed up circumstances as the ‘norm’. Not wrong, not bad, but the ‘norm’.
The conversation turned from those salient points and to movies with a few having been to see Inception. It is simply one of the most thought provoking films I have seen, and I’ll go back this week to see it again. Without spoiling it, and I couldn’t, the most memorable line was “Everybody wants Redemption”. You should go and see it. Period.
So as the week develops my brother and his family will be returning to Scotland, their journey over, the promise to our mother fulfilled and much fun had by all. Memories now filling up the family folklore memory box.
