Fathers, Turn Your Hearts Toward Your Children


If there’s one idea that I want to demonstrate, if there’s one principle I want to communicate, it’s this:

FATHERS, turn your HEARTS toward your CHILDREN.

Wherever they may be, whatever they may be doing, turn your hearts toward them – your prayers, your thoughts…. Seek out their good, and be strong for them.

And that’s what I want to do. I want to turn my heart toward my children.

Fathers, turn your hearts toward your children.

Y’know, I’ve had not just one, but a series of amazing careers: US Army soldier, military contractor, security consultant, reality TV star, goatherd….

But being a Father is my most important job. That’s what I want to be best at, what I want to be all about.

Our family had rules amongst ourselves when we were filming for Raising Wild – no sharing of each other’s secrets, no tearing each other down, no fighting on camera (we broke that one once or twice.)

8 episodes from Raising Wild Tv show season 1

What we wanted to demonstrate on TV, and what we try to live out in our ongoing life, is that we are committed to being there for each other, to having each other’s backs – no matter what.

The Bible promises that at the very end of this age, there will be a restoration of all things; and that the hearts of the fathers will be turned towards the children, and the hearts of the children towards the fathers.

father and son walkingNotice that the fathers take the first step.

So once again I exhort you fathers: turn your hearts toward your children. They need us during these times, whether they know it yet or not.

It’s Wednesday. Have a great day.

Don’t Think About Dying Tomorrow

When I was in Iraq and Afghanistan, myself and everyone I knew had to learn how to not think about dying tomorrow. We had to put that out of our minds. Thoughts of death and failure impeded our ability to function. It impeded our confidence and our capability and our performance.

Fast forward to today. There’s a lot of fear. There’s a lot of hurting going on. But we still have a very important job to do, even if we’re not getting paid to do it.

People are watching us. People are counting on us. And we have to perform.

So, I suggest you create something. Compose poems and songs. Write an article. Be creative. Be expressive. Make a video.

Be positive, because we’re going to get through this.

It’s Wednesday. Have a great Wednesday.

Ancient Wisdom For Changing Times

I want to share some thing with you.

I want to share WISDOM.

Anybody that’s on a path of Wisdom, or a path of Truth…you have to go through Proverbs to get there. Proverbs in the Bible is the gateway to Wisdom. It covers everything – economics, marriage, relationships with neighbors. It covers the Creator. Every situation you can find yourself in as a human can be covered in Proverbs.

Our lifestyle is changing before our eyes. Now is the time. Now is the time to study wisdom literature – ancient wisdom literature. Now’s the day.

So get Wisdom, and with all you’re getting get Understanding. Read Proverbs. You can read Proverbs 1 on the first day of the month, and by Proverbs 31 you would have covered a 31 day month. So it’s something that can be very habit forming in a positive way.

And don’t have any fear. No fear. There will be Light and Love and Life.

It’s Wednesday. Have a good night.

A Little Note of Encouragement

Good Afternoon.

It’s Wednesday evening. This day’s almost over. And I feel compelled to offer you

a little note of encouragement.

I needed encouragement this week, and I want to share that with you.

This day’s almost over, but tomorrow’s a brand new day. And we’re all going to get up, and we’re going to do it all again. Because that’s life, and that’s what we do.

Sunrise on the set of "Raising Wild" TV show
Photo Credit: Wendy Hines

Days end, and days begin.

And the most important part is in the getting up. And I think we can all do that. So have a good night. Be encouraged. There’s hope.

There are reasons to wake up in the morning.

All right, we love you guys…

Have a good night.