Sweet Reminder

January 19, 2021

I am procrastinating getting a photo made of my dad for one of our missionaries in India. Dad visited and taught at their ministry training school a few years ago. They are dedicating part of their new training facility in dad's honor. 

Tonight I started looking through the photos I have to find a good headshot of my dad. There were photos from all stages of his life. It's funny that I only remember him one way. There are photos where he doesn't look like himself and one's that are quintessentially dad.

I also happened to come across a couple videos. One is from our church's Sweetheart Banquet in February of 1991. The other is a video of praise and worship one Sunday morning. 

On this particular Sunday, the men in the church had just had their Men's Encounter. There's always something electric in the air after a group of people have met to just encounter the Lord. 

Dad had a word in the middle of one of the songs--"This Is How We Overcome"(Hillsong). We then began to sing the bridge and chorus again. 

This is how we overcome
This is how we overcome
This is how we overcome
This is how we overcome

You have turned my mourning into dancing
You have turned my sorrow into joy
You have turned my mourning into dancing
You have turned my sorrow into joy

 In the video you can see dad dancing.

The moment I saw it I cried. I know that I know that is what my dad is doing right now. Any of his mourning or sorrows have been turned to dancing and joy. And one day so will mine.