Thanks Lady, Whoever You Are

My Grandfather has been featured in our local paper up in Mason City, Iowa more than anyone else I know of. You can go here to read the latest article.

Grandpa has been translating his father's (my Great Grandfather's) journals from Danish into English. What I found interesting was this comment made in the article...

"His father, Lars Christian Sorensen, came to the United States in 1905 on a fluke, said Sorensen. Lars’ older brother had come a few years earlier with the intention of having his fiancee join him. But she married someone else, so the brother paid for Lars to come instead. Together, the two men started a drainage/tiling business. In 1911, the year of his marriage, Lars Sorensen, called “Chris” by family and friends, started his diaries and continued them for the next 59 years..."

I started to think about how Great Grandpa Chris came to the U.S. on a "fluke". Had that fluke not occurred. I wouldn't be here today. Had Grandpa Chris never come to America my parents would never have met and I would never have been born. (this is getting a little "Back to the Future" spin to it). You know what this means don't you? I need to thank the woman who decided not to go through with marrying my Great Uncle!

How many seemingly small decisions are made in our lives that altar the course of not only our destiny, but the destiny of entire generations!? It blows my mind to think what could have happened had a wedding taken place.

I started thinking about the decisions I've made and the decisions I will make in the future. My decisions, and your decisions have a large ripple effect upon lives for generations to come. My prayer is that all that I do and everyone that I come into contact with lines up with the plan that my Heavenly Father wants.

If you have broadband and you'd like to hear my Grandpa, Thorvald, tell some of the story you can click here.