July 26,1997
Dear Brian:
I was thinking kind thoughts about you today, I think of you often, wondering how you and your sister are doing.
Its been 18 months, since your father and our son died, I am sure
you miss him as much as we miss him. We think of him often, as
I know you also think of him.
When I was a boy of your age, 18 months was a long time to wait,
now, because I am much older, 18 months isn’t a very long
time at all, but to you, it probably seems that he has been gone
an awful long time. You may be asking yourself, will he ever come
back, will I ever see him again. I want to talk to him so bad,
tell him all about what I’ve been doing this summer, talk
to him about my school grades, or the new friends I am making,
or just hug him and let him hug you?
I am sure these thoughts bother you, or maybe you are angry that
he went away without saying good-by. Perhaps you are angry at
him for abandoning you, for leaving you alone. These are not strange
thoughts, we feel the same way.
Did you know that you will see him again, that you will be able
to talk to him, sit on his lap, hug him, and do other things with
him. When Christ returns, very soon, he will resurrect your father,
that means to give him life again, something like being born again,
but not as a baby but as the same father you know so well, then
you will see him, and can talk with him.
Be encouraged, Brian, wait just a little longer, and your father
will be born again, not as a little baby, but just the same way
you remember him the last time he visited you, but, this time,
he won’t have any sins. When Christ resurrects him, he will
come out of the grave as if he had never sinned. He will look
and speak just like he did when he was on earth, except he won’t
swear, won’t be angry with you, he will be just as much fun
as before he died. Only a few more months, and Christ will return,
and resurrect your dad.
What a joy it will be for you and Grandma Sevilla and myself,
to see him again. Can you trust the Lord to resurrect him, it
won’t be long, now, only a few months or a couple of years,
at most. You will be a little older then, you will have grown
several inches taller, but you will still be the same Brian he
knew when he died, and he will still be the same Dad you knew
before he died.
God wants you to be comforted with the thought that you will see
your dad again, and very soon. Don’t be sad, be happy; don’t
be angry, be glad; don’t be discouraged, but rejoice and
look forward to that first time you will see him again. It won’t
be long, hand on, old buddy, be patient, keep hoping, you will
see him again, very soon.
May the Lord bless you while you wait for the resurrection. Your
brother in Christ.
Grandpa Allen