Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Happy Birthday to the Man of Our Dreams

Happy Birthday, Zach. To balance you are a little down about being 1/2 way to 70, we wanted to share 35 reasons we love you so incredibly much! (in no particular order of importance other than the first.)




1. You love God and live your life to make this evident.
2. You lead and love our family well.
3. You wrestle (from the kids.
4. You feed us and take care of us (from the kids).
5. Your crazy sense of humor.
6. Your strength and dedication.
7. The grace you so often show me.
8. Your amazing musical ability.
9. Your patience.
10. Your strong hands so great for backrubs.
11. You play with us (from the kids).
12. You go to work to provide for us (from the kids).
13. Your teacher's heart.
14. Your passion for the church here and abroad.
15. How great you are at asking questions to draw people out.
16. Your heart for adoption and orphans.
17. Your passion to see the gospel go forth in declaration and demonstration.
18. You are a master at Guess Who (from the kids).
19. You snuggle with us (from the kids).
20. Your faithfulness.
21. Your many "Zachisms" which are so infectious.
22. Your dedication to exercise.
23. Your willingness to do projects with (for) me even when you'd rather not.
24. Your willingness to support and encourage all my crazy ideas.
25. Helping me say "no" when I need to.
26. Your smile and fun laugh.
27. Your courage to go where God leads us.
28. Your consistency and intentionality with our marriage.
29. Your consistency and intentionality with the kids.
30. Learning to serve people more and fear them less.
31. Your encouragement and support for me to be who God created me to be.
32. Your heart to invest in future leaders and generations.
33. Seeing you grow in your gifting of preaching and leadership.
34. The depth of character in your green-blue eyes.
35. Your red hair (even as it grows thin) and the hope of growing old gracefully together :)

1 comment:

Kristi said...

Wow, you look so much like your dad in that first picture!