Happy Father's Day!
This was my daddy's 18th year to lead Father's Day service at Pinedale Assembly of God. He started leading it in 2003. I see the time and effort that He puts into it each year; the excitment on his face as he heads to church that morning. We talk through every year together, he asks my opinion on things, but he always leaves a surprise for me that he plans between the Lord and him. I was moved to tears this morning, just thanking God for these 18 years and graciously and mercifully giving him the opportunity to do this. In mid-2002, things looked bleak when my daddy was diagnosed with kidney cancer. I felt like the wind was knocked out of me, and I remember kneeling at the end of my bed crying out to God that if my daddy had to go, I wanted to go on home to; he was my everything and I couldn't lose him in my life at almost 19 years old... but God... He stepped in and gave my daddy another chance at life. My daddy is a very private and quiet man, and I had never really seen ...