Jul 10 2008
I had dinner with a friend of mine. His father recently passed.
It may be the age that I’m at. We are at the stage where we hear a lot of deaths, sickness, health issues. Joey is a good friend of mine and his father recently passed. I had no words of comfort for Joey because when my father passed, I didn’t feel anything. My father and I had been away from each other for a while and when we had the time to reconnect – we were given only a very brief moment. We had one year – then he became ill and passed.
All I could do was listen. I listened to Joey as he suddenly felt the pain of losing his dad. I felt it with him. In as much as my father and I didn’t have the chance to become close to each other, I knew in my heart of hearts that he loved me. Joey feels the same about his father. They have been away from each other for over twenty years.
This morning, I received a call from Joey and he told me about a video from GodTube.com that he received from his friends via email. He cried his heart out.
I just watched it a few minutes ago and my eyes are still bulging from the tears…read the story first and then watch the video….inspiring father and son story – what a day it will be, when we have run the race and finally meet Jesus face to face…
A son asked his father, ‘Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?’ The father who, despite having a heart condition, says ‘Yes’.
They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons,the father always saying ‘Yes’ to his son’s request of going through the race together.
One day, the son asked his father, ‘Dad, let’s join the Iron man together.’ To which, his father said ‘Yes’ too.
For those who don’t know, Iron man is the toughest triathlon ever. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim,followed by a 112 mile (180.2
kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island .
Father and son went on to complete the race together.
