For the Lamb …will lead them
To springs of water.
And God will wipe away
Every tear from their eyes.
Revelation 7:17
My Dad
I grew up hearing his stories
but not this story
of being forgotten
his mother left him many times
before the final leaving
she took her children to the movie theatre
(age seven, five and four)
leaving them there alone
choosing wine and party
they waited hours after the movie
for her to remember and return
a kind man had compassion
and waited with them
my heart travels to the past
and breaks
for the loneliness,
the pain,
the future abandonment
waiting around the corner
looking at them
I can see their future
I know the amazing things
they will accomplish
because they will be captured
by One who rescues hearts
For my parents:
Happy forty-fourth wedding anniversary!
God has used your marriage to flow
“springs of living water” into my life.
With love, Sara
Thank you, Sara, for the joy you bring me every time I think of you. You bring to the landscape of life beauty and joy where ever you show up. I am honored to be your father.
All that comes to my mind and spirit, after reading, and returning in time as you have said to feel only a momentary emotional flash of the deep hurt filled emptiness that those children (Including your dad) must have felt that afternoon alone:
Is thank you Jesus, for your sweet Amazing Grace.
GOD BLESS
sonsothunder
@ sonsothunder
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. Interesting that you also could feel yourself “returning in time”.
Interesting, but not surprising, given that I was reading from the works of a very eloquent, and restorative heart.
GOD BLESS
sonsothunder
@ sonsothunder and Terry
Thank you for your kind words. They are encouraging.
Touched my heart 😥
Very well done… And unfortunately true.
Soul ful