My dad is alive and kicking! But he did share his last words with his family. My little brother rolled his eyes, but I was eager to hear. I believe strongly that last words should not be kept until your last breath. They should be spoken now. When you thought them out, you find your life has a direction and a purpose. I have tackled my last words and they are on the sidebar for your reading.
My dad wants to have faith like Caleb who followed the Lord wholeheartedly. Caleb and Joshua where the guys who came back from the Promise Land excited and ready to go in and conquer. But Isreal listen to the others who feared the might of the people who lived there. It did not matter the God said they would conquer the lands.
After 40 years of waitng it was time to go into the Promise Land. Caleb went to Joshua and said,
" I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent (you and) me .. to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions, but my brothers who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear. I, however, followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly. So on that day, Moses swore to me, ' The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.'
"Now then, just as the Lord promised, He has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert, So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I'm just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then. Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day."
Then Joshua blessed Caleb ... and gave him Hebron as his inheritance ... because he followed the Lord, the God of Isreal, wholeheartedly. ~ Joshua 14:6-15
My dad seeks to go by faith and follow the Lord his God wholeheartedly. Where others melt with fear, he wants to walk by faith and conquer by faith. He seeks to be stronger in his God with each new day. He seeks to be just as vigorous to go out to battle now as he was new in his faith. He wants to be remembered as one who followed and serve his God wholeheartedly.
I love you, Dad, I am so proud to be your daughter. I am so grateful to the Almighty Father for blessing my life with your presence. I will cherish that night and I will cherish these 'last words.' (((Dad))) you are my first love.
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