Just some reflections...

[binny]

My mum shared with me a scrapbook she has of my dad when he was an officer in the Salvation Army (they both were). In it there was a sermon that he wrote and was published in the paper. It just really touched me today. My dad died 15 years ago, New Years Eve.
He led a broad life not a long one. He was a great man who is truly missed.

Keep in mind these are newspaper pictures form the 1960s so they arent that great. Please dont turn this into a debate on Christianity being the only religion that teaches compassion. This isnt what this is about.


This was a picture of him in the newspaper doing what he did best, caring.

This is one of him serving people dinner who were searching for a lost little boy in the Oregon Mountains.

the following is an excerpt from his sermon.


"Think on these things


The Value of your life does not necessarily depend on the length of it because there is more to life than length. Life has depth and breadth; therefore, one man may live more in his forty years than another would in one hundred years.

Live as long as you can. Some people will have to live long in order to live much, for they have shortened their lives by being too slow to begin..."

 

[piney]

How you must miss him! He was a wonderful man and he has a wonderful daughter

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

These are wonderful memories of him. You must have had a very spiritual upbringing with him. I didn't know your father was in the Salvation Army. That merits respect for his religious commitment. He made the world a better place.

 

[binny]

These are wonderful memories of him. You must have had a very spiritual upbringing with him. I didn't know your father was in the Salvation Army. That merits respect for his religious commitment. He made the world a better place.

We had a very spiritual upbringing, both of my parents were ordained LOL. By the time I came along they had left the Army to go in to full time ministry in another denomination.

The thing I love about the Army is their aproach to a lot of things. Service and love come first in all things. Thats a good way to live.

At his funeral someone approached me and said "you know in the Army they dont refer to death as passing on. They refer to it as being 'promoted to Glory' you dad has just been promoted!"



Thanks Piney He was a great man.