So, Sunday is my 47th birthday…. What have I learned in this life? I believe deep in my heart that Heaven is for real… Things just seemed to come together this evening. We went from no plans to Christi Josh and me joining Mark, Heidi and the kids for a movie at the Diana in Tipton. They were planning on seeing “Heaven is for real”. At one point I felt as if I was being set up. One by one the theater filled up. More and more people that I knew walked in. Person after person that had some tie to Nick walked in the door. The tipping point was when I looked down the aisle and saw Doug Carter. See, if you don’t know who Doug Carter is you would recognize him as the head of the State Police or as the former Sheriff of Hamilton County or as I know him, one of the men (3 of them) that came to my house to tell me that my son had died that night. They are all three are very good friends with me now. The amount of anxiety that I was dealing with as the room filled almost made me get up and leave. How stupid is that? It is just a movie. To me, from the moment I learned that my son had died I knew without a doubt that Heaven is real. I won’t go into detail of the ways that God has shown me in my heart that it is true. I knew the story line of the movie. I knew it would be good. It was so amazing to sit back and see how one boy’s life has impacted millions of people. I look at my own son’s life and I can see now the good (believe it or not) that has come out of a tragic situation. The line outside the theater for the next showing was down the street. There were so many friends in line that we couldn’t focus and we walked right past several. How many broken hearts and lives were in that line? How many people sat in their own world and put the pieces of the movie into their lives? Why are we so close minded to the idea that God can reveal himself to any one at any age? I love and miss my son and yes I would love to have him back. But, it is on God’s time not mine. As I walked up the aisle to leave, I could hear Nick tell me “Happy Birthday Dad”. The day my son died I heard his voice with the same clarity saying “It’s real dad, Heaven is real”. With that all said, I will say thanks a head of time for all of the birthday wishes. Facebook is an amazing venue for all of us to connect with the people that mean something in our lives. My birthday wish for all of you is that at some point in your life God will open your eyes and your heart to the fact that “Heaven is for real”.
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 02:14:02 +0000
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