Posted on 04/06/2006 10:50:24 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
My dad died yesterday. He just quit breathing. We have been working with him in home hospice for quite some time and making him comfortable in the process. He didn't suffer excessively. My dad was a wonderful man and we ALL are happy and overjoyed for him at the same time we sorrow. He worked his whole life to teach the Gospel to the unbelieving and did so with complete diligence and faith. We have absolutely no doubt he is in Paradise awaiting the day of Judgement.
He taught me so many things much of which has been expressed here on Free Republic. I haven't always been the most congenial personality like he was. Dad was a WWII Navy veteran on a troop carrier in the Pacific theatre. Men like him fought and died so we can have the nation we have. I brought my flag to school today, I took down the Mexican flag (I teach Spanish) and proudly put the United States flag in its place (both are large flags) and informed the students that today -- that flag was going to hang on that wall the entire day in honor of the men who fought and died for this nation and it was going to stay there -- no matter what.
The most important thing the man taught me was to learn the truth and then stand up for it -- no compromise. I try to fulfill that desire he had for us every day I live. May God bless all of you -- we're going to need it soon.
Prayers Up...
God bless you, your family, and your dad. May he rest comfortably with the Lord.
God bless you and your family. Your Father sounds like a wonderful, great Christian man.
I honor him and his generation.
Thoughts and prayers sent to your family.
I myself, have two parents that were WW2 vets....
my dad was on the Essex, the Battaan, the Munda Bay among others.....
my mom was stateside as a nurse.....in Washington Dc and at a TB hospital unit as well....
my mom is in Hospice as well....given only 2 to 3 months to live as of the end of January.....I don't know what keeps her going....isnt' eating or drinking much....no pills.....she uses pain patches....
truth is, she will be gone very soon and I can honestly say that I have dreaded the day that I would lose my mom since I was a child....and now all these years later, do you think my age would make a differance?....No way......
and when my dad dies, I will consider myself an orphan.....
Father Lord we pray for Your peace and comfort for this grieving family, in the name of Jesus, amen.
Come Holy Spirit, Come!
Dad wrote a book on the Holy Spirit. Freepmail me if you'd like to know more information about the book. I'd rather not publish it in the public forum -- it would look to commercial. And, thanks.
As we journey though life, each new experience helps us to better understand what others are suffering (if we have the proper attitude of unselfishness) and can help them through their difficulties. Each day that passes I see that the ONLY thing that matters is making it to Heaven. Politics doesn't matter, worldy goods don't matter, the petty things people (influenced by Satan) do don't matter, etc., etc. -- Getting to Heaven is ALL that matters.
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