This is Dan. He is one of our extraordinary son-in-laws and also a gifted musician who can play everything from the keytar to the piano flute. Dan leads a band called findingBethel, with his friends Darin and Jared. Last week they played a gig at the local county fair.

Now, it was approximately 110 degrees in the grandstand that day. The audience was melting slowly into little puddles but the band was still giving us their all. About half-way through, the sun slipped to an unfortunate position where it shot laser beams straight into Dan’s eyes through a gap in the the grandstand. I was worrying that Dan would either go blind or scramble the song because he could no longer see the keys when a shadow suddenly fell across his face.

This is Thomas. School principal, basketball coach, father of four, and all around good-guy. He was the shadow. I glanced behind me just in time to see him take a stance at the very top of the grandstand where the sun would beat down on his back, providing perfect shade for Dan’s eyes.

I’m not sure what took place during the rest of the set because I was so captured by this live-action shot of life in the Kingdom of God. And I thought to myself that’s how it should always be. We should each do our best to make sure the other guy has it made in the shade. Every day.

Thanks, Thomas.