Anathema
Crotchety Olde Man
- Apr 30, 2014
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How would you have liked God to fix everything for you? Did you want more time? Did you want God to make this man different? Did you want God to make you different? What (specifically) do you believe God did wrong and what led you to the conclusion He hates (or is indifferent) to you?
Not for me. I gave up on my life ever being "fixed" by the time I was about 5 years old. That's what happens when you have a serious birth defect. You learn that you're screwed early and just deal with it.
For him (my dad). He was literally the best person I've ever known. Totally unselfish. Totally devoted to his family, friends, country and faith. He turned down 2 deferments to go to Vietnam. He worked untold hours of OT to ensure my brothers and I had the things we needed in life. He was an educator. He was always there to help others. Then, at the moment that his kids were finally out on our own, college bills gone, and about to embark on the time of his life where he and my mother could do things THEY wanted to do, for THEMSELVES, he contracted skin cancer (likely from AO exposure in Vietnam and all those outdoor projects he did for people). It eventually moved into his brain. He bravely dragged himself down the aisle at my brother's wedding in August of 2001 on sheer willpower alone (he'd been in the hospital the night before). He died ON his 54th birthday. All the way to the end praying to and praising the God that was spitting in his very face.