It would be foolish to try to capture everything I'm feeling tonight. I got a call around 4:00 today letting me know my dad had died. Waves of emotions hit and change faster than I can sit in any of them. The most frequent feeling is confidence in knowing my dad is resting tonight. Confidence in knowing he's loved. He had a hard time believing he was loved. That's over.
I'm grateful tonight to know his pain and suffering are done. He knows a peace that passes my understanding but will someday be my reality.
Today I taught a Sunday School lesson about a shepherd going after a lost sheep and a woman turning her house over to find a lost coin. Tonight in heaven there is a party. A lost sheep has come home and will never wander again. Angels are rejoicing.
I am sad he is gone. I'm glad he is whole and happy. He is living tonight in the beauty of being the man he was made to be.
Serve God love me and mend
This is not the end
Lived unbruised we are friends
And I'm sorry
I'm sorry
Sigh no more, no more
One foot in sea, one on shore
My heart was never pure
And you know me
And you know me
And man is a giddy thing
Oh man is a giddy thing
Oh man is a giddy thing
Oh man is a giddy thing
Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you,
It will set you free
Be more like the man you were made to be.
There is a design,
An alignment to cry,
Of my heart to see,
The beauty of love as it was made to be
2 comments:
Oh Danny, I am so sorry. I remember meeting your dad at Christ Community because he always sat with you guys. I am thankful for his faith, but I know that the sense of loss is very real despite all that we know and believe is the truth about heaven. My prayers are with you and your family.
Hey Danny, sorry about your dad. I'll be praying for you.
-Eric
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