HAPPY FATHER”S DAY


It will soon be fifty years since my father went home to be with the Lord. I often recall many of the things about which we talked as I grew from childhood to maturity but most often now I remember those final conversations as we sat in the shade of the grape arbor in his back yard.



Because of a heart condition that had forced him to retire, he knew that death could come at any time. He never dodged the subject, but rather he seemed to embrace it and when he spoke of ‘going to be with the Lord’ he reminded me of a child who had been promised a trip to the circus! This was something he had never done and he looked forward to a new and pleasurable experience. Because of his testimony of his faith in Christ, I , the son, found myself comforting my cousin at his funeral! This cousin, because of some false teaching, couldn’t comprehend the assurance of eternal life that was my father’s and mine.
2 Tim 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Sure I miss my dad even after all these years but I can state unequivocally, that I have never grieved for him because I know where his is and we shall someday resume our talks in eternity.