Lunch With Dad
It is awesome how things work in our walk with God. This has been a rough week for me and Ellen due to a misunderstanding with a sister in Christ. It has really caused a lot of emotional grief, but what is the awesome part of this is that God can, even in the midst of hard times, place little jewels of enjoyment if we will just look for them.
My little jewel of a blessing came yesterday. My dad is in the hospital right now. He is having a hard time getting over pneumonia. He is some better however and during my visit with him they brought his lunch to him and he said, "Why don't you go and get some lunch and eat with me." I did and we did and it was a great lunch. Just me and my dad. In our busy life we don't get to do that very much. What a blessing!
In a way that is a testimony that we are too busy. I pray that we can have more times together and that we don't wait till he is in the hospital to share time.
My little jewel of a blessing came yesterday. My dad is in the hospital right now. He is having a hard time getting over pneumonia. He is some better however and during my visit with him they brought his lunch to him and he said, "Why don't you go and get some lunch and eat with me." I did and we did and it was a great lunch. Just me and my dad. In our busy life we don't get to do that very much. What a blessing!
In a way that is a testimony that we are too busy. I pray that we can have more times together and that we don't wait till he is in the hospital to share time.
posted by Keith Davis at
8:48 AM
5 Comments:
Keep doing what you're doing with your Dad. Time is precious. Prayers are going up for the situation with the "sister."
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cwinwc, at 11:12 AM
We all tend to be too busy especially around holidays. It is a wonderful gift and blessing that you and your dad got to spend that quality time together just the two of you. My kids love it when they get my undivided attention even if it is only for 15 minutes a day. Enjoy every minute you can with your dad...time is precious. I learned that the hard way. If I want to have lunch with my dad, I have to sit alone in a cemetary. Which brings me to the conflict with the sister. Mend fences as soon as they need mending. Don't let things fester. They tend to get infected and eventually lead to amputation. Even if it means apologizing for something that you don't feel like you should have to apologize for, the friendship may mean more than the pride. A wise person told me once that some ditches are just not worth dying in. Pick your ditch carefully. If it's not worth dying in, don't jump in it. Do whatever you have to to get out of it. Take the higher road. You'll be a lot happier for it.
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Anonymous, at 11:38 AM
Anonymous, you shy devil you, that was almost exactly what I was going to say. Only better.
Those of us without dads know the importance of that time spent.
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Thurman8er, at 1:10 PM
That's one of the things I miss most being here in Switzerland: Time alone with my father. Glad you got to do it.
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Brady, at 3:25 PM
Just finished playing guitars with my dad for about an hour. I too miss those times.
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