At some point this afternoon I wanted to find a document on guides on how to study the Bible in my email archive. During the process, I remembered that I had forwarded the same document to my mother and father about two years ago, not long after my father had his surgery. I found the email thread, and there I saw my email forward to them.
It was dated March 28, 2009 – less than 2 days before my father got a high fever, 4 days before he slipped into a coma, 13 days before he passed away. Literally, this was one of the last favors I did for my father – forwarding a simple email. I don’t know whether he got a chance to look at it or not, but I remember the reason why I forwarded it was because he had asked me to. He had just made commitments to study the Bible more and he asked me if I had some guides…
What interesting timing… God laid him to rest when his heart was right… I had thought that this email took place at an earlier time, less close to his downfall health wise. But it was practically right before it. Seeing this today was enough to make a girl choke…
Seeing the email was unexpected. At the moment I saw this email last time, my father’s death was unexpected. It made me think of the mysterious workings of God’s timing and the mysterious workings of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of men.
Truly, the realm of the heart, the realm of the mind, and the realm of time…are in God’s hands.
@Jen & Michel: God is merciful indeed.
“We are so erring and short-sighted that we sometimes ask for things that would not be a blessing to us, and our heavenly Father in love answers our prayers by giving us that which will be for our highest good—that which we ourselves would desire if with vision divinely enlightened we could see all things as they really are.” SC 96.
My family members say the same thing about my grandma, who was experiencing a revival in her life (or maybe just an altogether new vivifying) when we got into a train accident that put her in a coma/vegetative state for the rest of her life. God is merciful!
Yeah, funny how memories are less accurate than you think. God is good, and merciful, and His timing is perfect. Earthly events are getting bleak, and times are getting shorter… I’m glad He worked in your dad’s heart…