DADSPAGE

MY DAD, GORDON VEAL

MANY YEARS AGO MY DAD WROTE THIS POEM. IT SEEMS NOW MORE THAN EVER NOT ONLY HIM, BUT ALL OF US ARE A LITTLE MORE HOME SICK FOR HEAVEN. EACH DAY IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE MORE TO GO TO HEAVEN FOR THAN WE HAD YESTERDAY. MORE AND MORE LOVED ONES WAITING ON THE OTHER SHORE, CHEERING US ON IN THAT GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES AS WE RUN OUR RACE HERE ON EARTH.

LET US RUN THE RACE THAT WE MAY HEAR IN THAT DAY "WELL DONE THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT" AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT THAT WE MAY HEAR FROM OUR LOVED ONES "YOU MADE ME PROUD"

I TRULY HOPE MY PARENTS HAVE BEEN PROUD OF ME INSPITE OF ALL MY MANY SHORT COMMINGS, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN AND STILL AM VERY PROUD OF THEM!!

I AM THANKFUL FOR SUCH GOOD GODLY PARENTS

BOTH EMILY AND HASTEN ADORE THEIR PAPA. I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN PULL A WAGON LIKE HIM, AT LEAST NOT IN THEIR EYES!! IT'S SOMETHING HE'S ALWAYS DONE FOR BOTH OF THEM.

AS I SAID, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD OF MY PARENTS. I BELIEVE I HAD THE BEST PARENTS EVER!! THE EXAMPLE THAT THEY LIVED DAILY BEFORE ME IS MORE VALUABLE THAN ALL THE GOLD IN THIS OLD WORLD!
IF THERE WAS ONE STORY THAT STUCK OUT IN MY MIND, THE ONE THAT REALLY MAKES ME THE PROUDEST IT WAS WHEN I WAS WORKING AT NEW HOLLAND MILL IN MY LATE TEENS.
DAD WAS A SUPERVISOR THERE AND HAD BEEN THERE OVER FOURTY YEARS. I WAS SITTING IN THE OFFICE BEFORE MY SHIFT TALKING WITH SOME OF MY CO-WORKERS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER SUPERVISORS AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS AND SOME HOW GOT ON THE SUBJECT OF A TRIP THEY HAD TO TAKE TO GO TO SCHOOL ONE TIME. AND THE ONE SUPERVISOR SAID HE HAD TO ROOM WITH MY DAD. HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO GO OUT ON THE TOWN ONE NIGHT AFTER CLASS AND ASKED MY DAD IF HE WANTED TO COME AND MY DAD SAID NO, HE WAS GOING TO STAY THERE AND READ HIS BIBLE. HE SAID THAT WAS ALL MY DAD DID THE WHOLE TIME WAS READ HIS BIBLE AND OF COURSE EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE HAD A BIG LAUGH ABOUT HOW CORNY THAT WAS. EXCEPT FOR ME.
I DON'T THINK I HAD EVER BEEN MORE PROUD OF MY DAD THAN I WAS AS I HEARD THAT STORY.
MY DAD IS A GREAT MAN OF CONVICTION, FAITH AND LOVE, FOR HIS FAMILY BUT ESPECIALLY FOR HIS LORD JESUS CHRIST
AND FOR THAT I AM TRULY PROUD OF MY DAD!!!!

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