Grandpa died.
You had to wait at the door or in the car as he visited and cared for people.
You had to be embarrassed while he took pictures of you in public places because he was proud of you.
Sometimes as a family you got caught in between the clarity of his calling and his desire to obey God.
Sometimes those people who have a clear sense of direction and calling from God can appear arrogant, inconsiderate. When in fact they are only following God with a clarity the rest of us will never know.
Because he was human, he didn't always handle it well.
He tried to be fair, sometimes thinking that meant being equal.
He tried to give people, including us, no reason to stumble, or to blame him.
I wonder how he's celebrating this anniversary?
"Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."
1 Corinthians 15:58
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