The Calling Of Your Hearts

The Calling Of Your Hearts

I'll Be Home For Christmas

We went to the hospital Sunday morning, December 21, to see Dad. He was talking with us, though he was having a bit of a hard time doing it -- he was on oxygen, so we listened carefully. He was saying how he didn't think he would go home till Tuesday. I'm thinking... he won't be home for Christmas either... never, ever did it really occur to me, then, that he wouldn't be coming home at all! Dad was too strong, too big, too healthy... and his mom (my Grandma) is 98 years old! It was a shock, to say the least, when we heard the news, Tuesday morning, shortly after 3:00 a.m. -- that he had passed. It wasn't until New Year's Day, that I was talking with a dear friend who moved to North Carolina, that I realized .... Dad did go home on Tuesday!! I had wondered why he said "Tuesday" -- why not Wednesday, Christmas Eve? Why not Monday? Why did Dad believe it would be on Tuesday, that he'd get to go home? Did he realize then, that he would be going to his Heavenly Home? His Home in Glory! Home for Christmas... I wonder if Heaven is decked out in red and green this time of year?

Dad's Getting Dressed For The Wedding

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"The Calling Of Your Hearts"
(from Dad's service ~ January 3, 2009)

“The Wedding Song” is a classic love song, which Paul Stookey, of “Peter, Paul, and Mary” –wrote for Peter’s wedding. He shares how the lyrics came to him:
"Lord," I prayed, "nothing would bless this wedding ceremony more than Your presence. How would You manifest Yourself?"

And the lyrics came:

“I am now to be among you
at the calling of your hearts…”

Paul changed the “I” to “He” – to tell how God’s Presence blesses a marriage. Today, we pray, that God's Presence would bless this “marriage ceremony” as well, – for in reality, Dad is united with the Bride Groom ~
Jesus Christ!