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Hey Dad,

As I type this, President Obama is beginning his first full work day as the President of the United States. I don't know about you, but my heart swelled with pride and gratefulness as we watched the inauguration on TV.

God has blessed America, and He has blessed my family for allowing us to live in this great land. But underneath all that gratefulness, I felt something I didn't like and couldn't identify until later when my wife and I were able to go on a date and spend some alone time together.

"I feel small," I said turning to my wife in the seat beside me, "maybe because President Obama is not much older than me, because he has a young family, or because the whole world is applauding the achievements of this young dad."

My wife smiled understandingly.

We ate our dinner, laughed, and sat together watching more inauguration coverage on the TV at Applebee's, but I continued to feel … small. A while later, we picked up the kids, went home, and everyone got ready for bed. It was while I was doing my nightly routine of locking up doors and turning out lights that God reached down and gave me a holy wedgie!!

"Ouch! That hurts," I said to myself. Then in the quiet of my heart, God reminded me that the most important thing President Obama would do on inauguration day was tuck his girls into bed and tell his wife how much he loved her and that what I do every day as a dad impacts my family's life way more than anything that will take place in Washington on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It is true, Dad.

I impact the world by tucking my children into bed every night. I impact the world by writing a little love note to my daughter who is going through "the change." I don't need an important platform to impact the world … I have an important platform because I'm a dad. And so are you.

Don't forget that—ever—or God might reach down and give you a holy wedgie as a reminder.

So Dad, go impact the world today. Tell your daughter that you're proud of her, wrestle on the floor with your sons, and tell your wife that yo''re the luckiest man in the world to be living in your house—not the White House.

You 'da Dad,

© 2009 Todd Wilson. Used by permission

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