Dad passed away today. Obey God, witness to those the Lord put on your heart.

[Brother Mike]

What can I say? People around us won't always be around us. We are not Jesus, so the burden is not ours, but if the Lord constantly tells you to go talk to someone and you keep putting it off, then that is not good either as someone can die lost, in hell, and you might have been the life raft.

Last time I talked to my dad was in 1996, and been impressed many times to go talk to him. Never got around to it, now He is gone. Wife suggested I go to Kentucky and call him back from the dead. Great idea, but the Lord never impressed me to do that, and would it be so that I would feel better?

If someone is on your heart to speak to about the Lord Jesus, then just go do it. Don't mention their sin, but tell them you love them, and Jesus loves them. Offer them the great salvation we have.

The last time I talked with my dad, it ended on a sour note. I never took the many opportunities to go tell him I love him, and tell him about Jesus. Last time he talked to me, I was on my way to prison in 1996.

Please don't post that your sorry to hear that, or I am in your prayers. Just do what I told you to do, and go witness to the ones on your heart, that way I know you won't have to feel inside like I do now.

Obey the Lord in all things. If it's in your heart to do it, then do it.

Mike

 

[reba]

Very true

 

[Eugene]

What can I say? People around us won't always be around us. We are not Jesus, so the burden is not ours, but if the Lord constantly tells you to go talk to someone and you keep putting it off, then that is not good either as someone can die lost, in hell, and you might have been the life raft.

Last time I talked to my dad was in 1996, and been impressed many times to go talk to him. Never got around to it, now He is gone. Wife suggested I go to Kentucky and call him back from the dead. Great idea, but the Lord never impressed me to do that, and would it be so that I would feel better?

If someone is on your heart to speak to about the Lord Jesus, then just go do it. Don't mention their sin, but tell them you love them, and Jesus loves them. Offer them the great salvation we have.

The last time I talked with my dad, it ended on a sour note. I never took the many opportunities to go tell him I love him, and tell him about Jesus. Last time he talked to me, I was on my way to prison in 1996.

Please don't post that your sorry to hear that, or I am in your prayers. Just do what I told you to do, and go witness to the ones on your heart, that way I know you won't have to feel inside like I do now.

Obey the Lord in all things. If it's in your heart to do it, then do it.

Mike

I love you Brother Mike and will pray for healing if I want to. Lay all this burden at our Savior's feet and be blessed in the joy only attained in restoration of the realized peace that passes understanding.

 

[iLOVE]

The greater the crisis the more glorious the destiny. Hang in there - there is a purpose for the pain.

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

I have a sister I need to talk to.
She's a Jehovah's Witness.
I guess now is the time.

 

[Brother Mike]

I love you Brother Mike and will pray for healing if I want to. Lay all this burden at our Savior's feet and be blessed in the joy only attained in restoration of the realized peace that passes understanding.

Well, pray if you wish, be led. My point was that inside, I know on several times the Lord said go talk to him, and I never got around to it. Not saying Goodbye, Things you want to say, bla, bla, bla, same stuff anyone goes through, except he might be in hell. last conversation was him telling me I am worthless for going to prison. I prayed for him, never held anything against him, but I never got around to talking to him again, or even calling.

This post is more to hopefully help someone else, not feel like I do right now, because it can be avoided. For some they are bitter at people, and I am speaking to them also. Bitterness means nothing once that person is gone, and you will be miserable not making things right.

Knowing I did not obey God, and never got around to talking to my dad is what is eating at me. I know I can be forgiven, but if I can help anyone else here not be in this position, then I did what I posted to do.

Thank you for your concern Brother, Love you.

The greater the crisis the more glorious the destiny. Hang in there - there is a purpose for the pain.

If anything, It won't happen again. If the Lord puts it on my heart to go talk to someone, I won't put it off. Wake up calls can be good.

I have a sister I need to talk to.
She's a Jehovah's Witness.
I guess now is the time.

I believe you will have the right things to say, perfect in what they need to hear, full of love, and boldness.

Thank you everyone, and blessings.

Mike.

 

[Edward]

Amen Brother. I should call my dad.

 

[Brother Mike]

Amen Brother. I should call my dad.

Just do it Brother, a simple I love you dad, glad to hear from you. I can't do that now Edward, but you can, and brighten his day. God bless.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

I have a sister I need to talk to.
She's a Jehovah's Witness.
I guess now is the time.

Only you know whether or not she needs to hear another Bible debate. But consider that this is what the gospel looks like written on the heart and read by everyone:

"(L)ove, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control" (Galatians 5:22-23 NASB), "a letter of Christ...written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts." (2 Corinthians 3:3 NASB)

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Back in 2001-2003 I worked with a father and his son in an office as fellow employees. Last month I Googled the father's name to see if he was still living (he was elderly then). What I found was the son had died last year (he was only 55), not the father. I wondered if all the things I said and the life I lived made any impact on him and had somehow helped him so he could be prepared for the inevitable. One day I will know.

 

[ezrider]

I love you Brother Mike and will pray for healing if I want to. Lay all this burden at our Savior's feet and be blessed in the joy only attained in restoration of the realized peace that passes understanding.

Eugene, I hear the Spirit through which Brother Mike speaks. It is a simple message learned through life's application. The moments that we stop to pause and consider our journey with our betrothed. It is in these moments that we see the simplicity in the Lord's instruction.
Brother Mike did not ask for prayer, and while I can not speak for him, I am pretty sure sure that this is not a burden that binds him and holds him back. Quite the contrary, while he may have his regrets, I am pretty sure He has laid those burdens at Our Savior's feet, and they have set him free in ways that only he can speak of. And if it ia a yoke upon him, it is one that he has place upon himself to march forward, and the burden is light.


Why the sorrow?

Hey, here is a toast to all of our burdens, may we forget them for a day and enjoy the party.
This is after all supposed to be a Wedding Feast.
Let us sing a new song with our betrothed.
Step on to floor; for the Bride should dance with her Husband.
It is a wedding feast after all.

 

[Brother Mike]

Back in 2001-2003 I worked with a father and his son in an office as fellow employees. Last month I Googled the father's name to see if he was still living (he was elderly then). What I found was the son had died last year (he was only 55), not the father. I wondered if all the things I said and the life I lived made any impact on him and had somehow helped him so he could be prepared for the inevitable. One day I will know.

The Lord honors what we speak, and believe the Lord sent people also to Him. The Lord is faithful.

Eugene, I hear the Spirit through which Brother Mike speaks. It is a simple message learned through life's application. The moments that we stop to pause and consider our journey with our betrothed. It is in these moments that we see the simplicity in the Lord's instruction.
Brother Mike did not ask for prayer, and while I can not speak for him, I am pretty sure sure that this is not a burden that binds him and holds him back. Quite the contrary, while he may have his regrets, I am pretty sure He has laid those burdens at Our Savior's feet, and they have set him free in ways that only he can speak of. And if it ia a yoke upon him, it is one that he has place upon himself to march forward, and the burden is light.


Why the sorrow?

Hey, here is a toast to all of our burdens, may we forget them for a day and enjoy the party.
This is after all supposed to be a Wedding Feast.
Let us sing a new song with our betrothed.
Step on to floor; for the Bride should dance with her Husband.
It is a wedding feast after all.

That is a lot of wisdom. The flood of memories from Childhood, and the "Wishing" I had a relationship with my dad before he died runs through my mind. I suspect it would anyone's mind who experienced what I did today. I have shed no tears, as I know that is worldly human thinking. Thing is though, it's been on my heart for the last few years to call, or just go see him, talk to him about Jesus. He is my dad, I had nothing against him. Every time I was in Kentucky visiting my mother, things just did not seem to line up to be convenient to go see my dad. I thought next time I will.
There is no next time.

Not doing what the Lord said do, is what grieving me the most. I blew it big time, and I normally do what the Lord says right away. I don't want anyone to feel the way I do if your a believer. I have no reason to believe my Dad is with the the Lord now. That is the thing, had I gone like I had in my heart many times to do, there would be no guessing. Dad would have received and believed or would not have, my conscience clear.

Life is so fragile, and short. We are all here for but a breath, and it's over. The people we are with now, we won't always be with. Those brothers or sisters you have not spoken to for years, just give them a call. I don't want to turn this into a crusade, but look around those you know, and make sure things are right as if they would be taken today.

Even being bitter at someone, not calling for years. Once they are dead, you see how petty those things really are. They might have owed you money, or done you wrong. Just call them, say you were thinking about them. If they bring up the past, just tell them your not interested in that, but that it was good to hear from them again.

I am going to make it, won't happen again. Just remember, a man is appointed to die once, then Judgement. Once they are gone, they are gone. Don't leave yourself wondering if you could have done more.

Thank you everyone.

Mike.

 

[Corn Pop]

There should be a international ring someone and tell them you love them day. The world would be a better place. Happy days.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Why the sorrow?

Loss of reward.