I am not sure I told you this about my new job or not.

Yes, sure, it’s great that I am back in cotton.

It’s awesome that I get to trade futures contracts for a living.

Yes, it’s fantastic that I don’t have to work at AgriSompo anymore.

I am paid well, I have good benefits, I have a company credit card, and I have more freedom than I have ever had before.

But…

Do you know what the best part is?

The best part is that I get to pick you up from school early every day.

School lets out (3:30 til 4:00) and I get to come and get you then.

You don’t have to go to “afterschool care” until 5:30.

Cutting out early from work and getting you early from school is one of the highlights of my day.

I simply love the extra time.

I love you.

-Dad

Title: Simple But Significant
Speaker: Brandon Hays
Location: Lubbock, TX
Date: 30 January 2022
Verse: 1 John 2:3-6

Big Idea:

If you’ve experienced the love of Jesus, you will begin to live like Jesus.

1. To know Jesus is to be changed by Jesus. (vs. 3)

2. Your life speaks louder than your lips. (vs. 4)

3. Obedience need not be flashy, but it must be a reality. (vs. 4)

4. Assurance is better anchored in your obedience than your feelings. (vs. 4)

5. Walking with God looks more like progress than perfection. (vs. 5a)

6. The transformed life is ultimately one of delight, not drudgery. (vs. 5a)

7. Christians begin to look like Jesus, not so they can become God’s children, but because they are God’s children. (vs. 5b-6)

Yesterday feels like it was a week ago.

Late tonight I realized how much had gone on today.

I woke up this morning in Goodyear.

And then we had cotton grower meetings all day…

We had a breakfast meeting in Buckeye Elk’s Lodge.

We had a lunch meeting in Blythe, at the local water district.

And then we had a dinner meeting at Yuco Gin in Yuma.

I’m so tired.

But for some reason, I am not sleeping well this trip.

One more meeting tomorrow and then I fly home Thursday.

I miss you!

I love you.

-Dad