Paul Craft
The Living Years
By Paul Craft
There is nothing sadder than when the hour class runs out of sand. The hour class for me is my father. My father passed away this week and the emptiest in my heart is so great. I know time will heal my heart but the aching in my heart will not stop.
I know we should not dwell on things that we cannot change and I am sure are parents would not want us to feel guilty for anything. I just keep remembering how my dad pleaded with me to stay longer with him in the hospital when he became ill. I realize I still had a responsibility to do other things but I continue to second guess myself, were those things more important than spending more time with my dad?
I have always tried to not take for granted the time I have with my love ones. There was a song that touched my heart on this subject in the 80's called The Living Years. The song spoke of a son's relationship with his father. The regret that the son felt for not saying what he needed to say to his father during The Living Years. It was after his father passed away that this point hit home.
We need to take each day as if it might be are last. We need to make sure that are priorities are in the right place. It is so easy to get caught up in are own world that we lose sight of what things are most important. Should we spend more time with are parents? Should we help are friends in need? Should we spend more time with are Lord in heaven? I think the answer is very clear.
Each day it becomes quite clear I am more like my dad. Thankfully, the Lord gave my dad and me plenty of time together during The Living Years. I pray that you will never take the time you have with your family for granted.
© Paul Craft
There is nothing sadder than when the hour class runs out of sand. The hour class for me is my father. My father passed away this week and the emptiest in my heart is so great. I know time will heal my heart but the aching in my heart will not stop.
I know we should not dwell on things that we cannot change and I am sure are parents would not want us to feel guilty for anything. I just keep remembering how my dad pleaded with me to stay longer with him in the hospital when he became ill. I realize I still had a responsibility to do other things but I continue to second guess myself, were those things more important than spending more time with my dad?I have always tried to not take for granted the time I have with my love ones. There was a song that touched my heart on this subject in the 80's called The Living Years. The song spoke of a son's relationship with his father. The regret that the son felt for not saying what he needed to say to his father during The Living Years. It was after his father passed away that this point hit home.
We need to take each day as if it might be are last. We need to make sure that are priorities are in the right place. It is so easy to get caught up in are own world that we lose sight of what things are most important. Should we spend more time with are parents? Should we help are friends in need? Should we spend more time with are Lord in heaven? I think the answer is very clear.
Each day it becomes quite clear I am more like my dad. Thankfully, the Lord gave my dad and me plenty of time together during The Living Years. I pray that you will never take the time you have with your family for granted.
© Paul Craft
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