I JUST MISS THEM by Bobby Tillman We never, ever know about tonight, tomorrow, next week or beyond ... Every moment is precious in this life that is limited to time and space ... We all know that lest JESUS tarries, sooner or later our time will come when our soul will be called home; wherever we may go ... Heaven or Hell ... The same can be said about our Loved one (Family and friends) and acquaintances ... The importance about all of this is how precious that time and space is with our various relations with Family, friends and acquaintances and how those relationships are established and how they end by either our departure to the life to come or our loved ones that departs to their souls final destination. The most influential and important people relationships in a childs life are their Grandparents and parents ... Growing up, I never had a chance to know my Grandpa Tillman because he passed away when my dad was 8 years old from an intestinal infection in1927 ... thank God I did get to Know and enjoyed more like a Son/Mother relationship with my Grandma Tillman (Such a precious woman of God - WOG) until she passed away when I was 13 ... I only knew my Grandpa Dempsey for the first four years of my life and he passed away ... I never had a chance to know my Grandma Dempsey because she passed away giving birth to my mother ... My Grandma Tillman was the only Grandparent that I can actually say that I knew and, like I said; She was a precious WOG ... She kept me close under her wings safe and sound and prayed over me like you wouldnt believe ... And, I can honestly say without any equivocation that had it not been for her Love, her caring attitude toward me, her concern for my health and welfare, her compassionate heart, Commitment, Dedication, loyalty, passion toward me and her prayers over me way back then, Lord only knows where I would be today, IF there was a today with me in it. My parents divorced when I was 5 y/o and some how my dad received custody of me ... But it was my Uncles and Aunts that took care of me until my dad and stepmother decided to come get me and take me away from the very people that I knew who Loved me. In the absence of my Grandfathers and my dad, it was my Grandma Tillman, Uncles, Aunts and cousins that were my anchors or mainstays for the first part of my childhood ... They did every good thing that I needed to see, hear, feel and know that has stuck with me all of my life and after all the weird and crazy things that I did in my life since I left my mainstays until I finally accepted JESUS as my Saviour, Messiah, Redeemer, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, I give them and Father God my sincere thanks ... And, Honestly ... I JUST MISS THEM all of these years past and present. I could go on and on about the events of my life that included my Mother being murdered for coming to see me to try and talk this 17 y/o boy out of going into the Army during Vietnam by a jealous husband the very night she saw me and other things ... But, I reject those negative things that life dished out to me ... BUT ... I hold on to the positives of Grandma Tillman, my Uncles and Aunts and my God whom, though I was dead in my sins for decades, kept me sane, whole, and alive rather than dead that could have happened several times in my life. I now have three daughters that i love with all of my heart but one of the two disowned me and the family since the early 90s that I pray for without fail daily ... I have Six grandchildren that I see and interact with, and two in whom I have never had a chance to meet ... They are ALL precious to me even my disowning daughter and my two grands that I may never get to meet And, IF any one of the were to pass on, I could honestly say ... I JUST MISS YOU Finally ... I exhort you by the grace and mercies of God Almighty that YOU take the opportunity to have the Right Relationship with your Loved one (Family and Friends) and your acquaintances while there is Time and Space available ... Give them quality time together with yourself so that you can gain their wisdom, knowledge; the Abilities and Skills that they can teach you and the Spiritual insights that you will need throughout your life-time here on earth ... IF you do this, you WILL be a better man or woman for life ... Make GOD ... Your Grandparents and parents your Pilot through life ... because they have the scars, the wounds, the wisdom and the knowledge to have went through the many things in life in which they want to protect you from ... WISE YOU WILL BE
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 00:22:11 +0000