The What IF Dads who were an example of this concept, “Serve God First”, as we shared life together were the Godly students and professors at Ouachita Baptist University, Dallas Baptist University, and Southwestern Seminary.

These men boldly challenge peers and students to not be afraid to seek out all views but to test these views against Biblical truth. Their example taught me to not just pursue knowledge, but to also have a compass to guide me to find truth.

The consistent discussions of how, “People find what they are looking for.” And, “Figures don’t lie but liars figure”,  continue to push me to dig deeper into beliefs, prejudices, and challenge me to be sure to keep my relationship with God as my goal or something else will gladly attempt to fill that void.

I am grateful to have had relationships with men who introduced me to the concept of how serving God continually calls us to serve others and to uplift those who are suffering.

During my time with them, they intentionally invited me to places around the world where I became more aware of the suffering of others and how Christians were working together to assist not only spiritually, but academically, socially, and physically.

This is a reminder of what Max Lucado Describes in Out Live Your Life since, “Those who suffer belong to all of us. And if all of us respond, there is hope.” I thank men who encouraged me to seek encounters of cooperation with others I meet and to recognize, “When workers divide, it is the suffering who suffer most.”