On Friday, 11 April 2008, we all had plans of our own, but never got to it because my father-in-law plans of his own - he had an appointment that he did not tell us about.
I had lesson plans to prepare and prep files to organise. DH had an important workshop to attend the whole day. My mother-in-law had plans to entertain “colleagues” from Holland. DH’s sister had important accounts to work on - the auditors are coming on Monday. DH’s brother and his wife had a graduation ceremony to attend - my brother-in-law’s graduation. None of this happened!
My father-in-law had an appointment he did not tell us about. He knew all about it. Now that we sit and think back on the past few months we realise that he knew about it. He was preparing for a journey and he was trying to warn us about it. We didn’t take heed to his suttle warnings. When we look at our surroundings we realise that he was ready for this appointment. He had prepared it all so meticulous. He was ready to go. We didn’t know about his appointment and as a result we all have to put our plans on hold to make sure everything else is closed off and settled in dignity.
On Friday, 11 April 2008, at 06h1, my father-in-law went to be with the Lord. Thank goodness he was ready for this journey. We will all miss him dearly.
I will be on a bloggy break for a few days - keep me and the rest of this family in prayer. Even though we know he has accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour , the loss still great and the hurt is very real!
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