Dad's Birthday

 

July 18, 2022

 

Today is my dad’s birthday.  He’s been gone a long time now, but his birthday pops up and reminds me of him.

My Dad was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, but he left that “church” sometime in his early adult years, as it didn’t match his lifestyle.

When my sister, brother and I met Jesus in 1966, we all began to pray for my Mom, and my Dad, now divorced, that they would come to Jesus, too.  My Mom came gloriously to Jesus shortly before she died through some neighbors on the street where my brother lived.  The fact that those God-loving ladies lived there, before my Mom flew out to CA to live with my brother, was truly a gift from God.

One morning, years after my Dad had died, I was praying.  I don’t remember the subject of my prayers, but as I got up to leave my prayer room and get ready for work I felt Father God whisper to me, “You know your Dad is with me?”

Well, no, I didn’t know that.  Didn’t know if he had ever actually connected with Jesus before we found him on the bathroom floor that night.  We had shared about Jesus with Dad many times, but he’d never responded in such a way that I knew he had met Jesus on his own.

There had been some indications that God was drawing Dad near, like when Dad was asked his religion during a hospital interview, and he told the nurse “Christian”.

So one night at House of Prayer I was sharing these things with my prayer group and my friend, Joe, who has a real heart for people who are Jehovah’s Witnesses told me that a Jehovah’s Witness will never, ever say “Christian”, when asked what religion they adhere to.

When I heard what Joe shared, a joy filled my heart.  It’s true!  What I heard from Father God is true!  And I looked toward heaven and told Father God, “So he’s really there with you, isn’t he?”

 “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” ..Acts 16:31