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The day after his father's funeral Gary visited with his mother. She was beginning to go through her late-husbands belongings. At times she became lost in her memories of particular events shared during their many years together. Gary viewed this as part of the healing process. They shared many memories that afternoon. At times tears welled up in their eyes and at other times they could not help but laugh together.
As Gary was about to leave, his mother asked if there was anything of his father's that he would like to keep. He asked if he could have his dad's old leather wallet. He remembered how he used to love looking through his dad's wallet when he was a kid. "Breathing in its leathery smell and touching its texture, and knowing my dad had touched it, made me feel close to him," Gary told his mother.
Later he began to carefully examine the wallet and found a pocket with a folded piece of paper that looked like it had been tucked away for years. In his dad's handwriting were these words, "Lord Jesus Christ, I confess to you my sins. Come into my heart and forgive me for all my sins." As Gary read those words tears once again began to roll down his face and he heard the still small voice of God telling him that his father was truly living now.
Daniel saw a vision that disturbed him. In the dream he asked one of the attendants the meaning of what he was seeing. While the image was disconcerting it ended with the promise for those who obeyed God that they would receive "the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever -- forever and ever."
Tim S.
As Gary was about to leave, his mother asked if there was anything of his father's that he would like to keep. He asked if he could have his dad's old leather wallet. He remembered how he used to love looking through his dad's wallet when he was a kid. "Breathing in its leathery smell and touching its texture, and knowing my dad had touched it, made me feel close to him," Gary told his mother.
Later he began to carefully examine the wallet and found a pocket with a folded piece of paper that looked like it had been tucked away for years. In his dad's handwriting were these words, "Lord Jesus Christ, I confess to you my sins. Come into my heart and forgive me for all my sins." As Gary read those words tears once again began to roll down his face and he heard the still small voice of God telling him that his father was truly living now.
Daniel saw a vision that disturbed him. In the dream he asked one of the attendants the meaning of what he was seeing. While the image was disconcerting it ended with the promise for those who obeyed God that they would receive "the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever -- forever and ever."
Tim S.
