June 3, 2026 | Dan Low
Dear Bread of Life Family,
With our year-long challenge to be a home that truly and consistently serves the Lord (Joshua 24:15), I hope that God has been awakening our hearts more fully to the legacy that we are currently forming – the kind of home that we are making (in both our biological and spiritual families).
THE BIG QUESTION: Are we making investments today that will yield dividends and gains that last forever? In short, are we banking on eternity?
By the grace of God, Helen and I are celebrating our thirty-seventh anniversary this year. When we entered into God’s sacred covenant of marriage on that chilly, overcast June day in San Francisco, we were so full of joy and anticipation for how the Spirit would work in and through our life together. Just a couple short months after embarking on our journey as a married couple, I stepped into my new role as a full-time pastor.
Not realizing it at the time, the first few years of our marriage would lay the foundation for a lifetime of ministry. To be totally honest, there were moments when our marital adjustments (aka, conflicts) caused me to question my ministry readiness. The learning curve of simultaneously becoming an understanding husband as well as a dependable pastor was steeper than I had assumed. I gained a newfound appreciation for the Old Testament law that requires a gap year for newlywed couples to focus exclusively on their household (Deuteronomy 24:5: When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.).
Through the Lord’s boundless mercy and my wife’s persevering love, the Spirit has enabled me to more fully recognize the inextricable link between our biological home and our spiritual family – who I am as Helen’s husband, as Chris + Sarah and Jon + Michelle’s dad, and as Jordan’s grandfather influences how well I serve as a leader at Bread of Life. Spending the first half of this year in Paul’s two letters to Timothy has reinforced even more strongly that those who lead their families with integrity are the most qualified to serve our church with impact.
This requires the kind of humility that acknowledges our shortcomings, confesses our sins, and endeavors to be the kind of family member who keeps in step with the Spirit. Let’s resolve afresh to do that together as God’s household throughout 2026 and for as long as he gives us breath to do so.
– Pastor Dan
