9-9-09

Posted on | September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

So nostalgia has gripped me all over again.

Today would have been my daddy’s 93rd birthday. I do miss him.

But you know what? Can I share something?

When he died, hubby, NM and I made that long flight to Manila to attend services for him. My goodness, I was sad. I’d been talking to him off and on during are far-and-few conversations about salvation and who Jesus is. I never really got a square answer. Just “mmmhmmm” to mean “let’s talk about something else.”

But that flight was a long one and I did take time to pray. I asked God for just a small sign that would let me know for sure where my dad would be spending the rest of his real life. I mean Real Life.

God is nothing if not faithful, amen? I thought maybe my prayer request was a little too bold but He is so good to me, the one who lacks faith and needs signs to believe. That’s me too often.

Daddy had kept a personal file of important letters, emails and paperwork. Among letters from me, my half sisters and friends I found a bulletin from the catholic church we used to go to. The reason he saved it? There was an article by “Baboorankey” who wrote about an astronaut’s take on John 3:16 while he did a space walk. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have ever lasting life.”

It was a little sign, but I knew exactly why it was there. Old rabbinic saying: there is no such thing as a coincidence.

Category: God is Great

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2 Responses to “9-9-09”

  1. karen
    September 11th, 2009 @ 1:53 am

    Must…hold…back…the tears!

    OK, here’s the thing. Is my math extremely bad? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think he would have been 94. He was born 1915. So 2009 minus 1915 = 94?

  2. phisch
    September 11th, 2009 @ 1:58 am

    thought he was born in 1916. bah. i dunno nuthin.

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