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Today I dedicate to those that I first called "family"... The Hansons
I was born 6th in a line of 7 children to a pair of PBI grads that were challenged to "change the world" back in the 40's.
Their "world" was churches - Bow Island, New Westminster, Calgary, Sorrento, and Three Hills. In each of those places, they did change the world. Dad's ministries were blessed over and over and as a family we witnessed what a life sold out for serving Him would profit.
Eternal rewards.
Today my Dad is in a room in the University of Alberta Hospital. His frail body worn out from the years of life on this earth.
He wants to go to heaven.
He wants to be with his dearest treasure.
He wants to be rid of this tired old shell.
But he waits. Not quite the right time...yet
And we wait with him. This family that believes in
* hope
* joy
* love
* grace
* forgiveness
* faith
* God
This is our legacy.
And when that day comes, we will not be sitting around a lawyer's desk, waiting to hear about the fortune we will inherit.
Our inheritance is much more valuable. It is the kind that's found in Matthew 6 - the kind that
"moths and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal"
The eternal kind
So what does that look like in real life?
It's standing shoulder to shoulder with each other when we go through real life...with
* hope
* joy
* love
*grace
* forgiveness
* faith
* God
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places
Surely, I have a delightful heritage!
Psalm 16:6
1 comment:
Dearest Sheila, much love to all of you at this bitter sweet time. We uphold your Dad in prayer and all of you too.
I think this has been one of my favourite of your posts.
xo
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