One year ago today my father was in a major car accident that almost took his life. During the past twelve months I have seen the Lord do an amazing work in my father’s life as well as the lives of my entire family. My father has undergone a remarkably quick recovery and the Lord has greatly used the seemingly horrible events of a car accident to draw our family even closer together. I am grateful to the Lord for what He has done in such a short amount of time, and I am grateful for how the events in my father’s life have changed my life, my perspective on the future, and ultimately my view of generations yet to be born. I praise the name of the Lord for His guiding hand in sparing my father's life and using such an event to bring glory to His name.

I am grateful for my father, he is a man that has persevered under very difficult circumstances, and continues to do so. This example has been a great blessing to observe as his son. I am grateful for every member of my family, and I am grateful that I am able to be back in Missouri during this season of my life. I am most grateful that the Lord has healed my father to a point where he is able to maintain a life with minimal difficulties. All glory and honor goes to the Lord for the great work He has done in the past twelve months, and for the work that He continues to do in the life of my father. I am truly a blessed man, and I look forward to seeing what the Lord has in the future.