{"id":413,"date":"2018-02-02T08:27:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T13:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garykillebrew.org\/NEWWEB\/?p=413"},"modified":"2022-09-06T07:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:56:05","slug":"i-am-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garykillebrew.org\/NEWWEB\/2018\/02\/i-am-still\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am, Still…"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I would like to marry your daughter.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh really! Tell me why!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A question that I was prepared to hear but was not prepared to hear. Feel me… <\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes in life you are prepared to face anything. Well, at least it seems that way. \u00a0Mary is now in her twenty’s, finished school, has a full time job, has matured, and is ready to be married. \u00a0But there’s a problem. \u00a0And the problem is simple in my eyes. \u00a0In my eyes I am still<\/strong> holding that new born baby on my chest after a hard day’s work. \u00a0I am still<\/strong> pitching a tent in the back yard because a young girl has said, “daddy, let’s camp out tonight.” \u00a0I am still<\/strong> sitting around the fire pit in the back yard, roasting hot dogs and smores, as she runs around wild in the night with her friends. \u00a0I am still<\/strong> hiding in the bushes, scaring the dickens out of her and her friends, as they try and find me. \u00a0I am still<\/strong> trekking through the woods, acting like I am somebody that knows all the rules of survival, while she tags along. \u00a0I am still<\/strong> showing her how to change the oil in the car, while leaving the oil plug out and oil going all over the ground. \u00a0Yep. I did that! \u00a0It did not make me look too smart… I am still… I am still… \u00a0<\/strong>Well, you get the picture.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“I would like to marry your daughter.” Oh really! Tell me why!<\/span><\/p>\n

“Because I love her with all my heart.” \u00a0“Because she means the world to me.” \u00a0“Because I want to spend the rest of my life with her.” \u00a0“Because she is my best friend.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Wow, that is exactly how I feel. \u00a0I love her with all my heart. \u00a0She means the world to me. \u00a0She is like my best friend. \u00a0So…<\/span><\/p>\n

While my “I am still’s”, will become but a memory for me, Mary will step into a relationship where many “I am Still’s” will be made and cherished. \u00a0Mary will soon become one flesh with the man I have prayed for longer than either one of them has been alive. \u00a0The man I have prayed for to take my “I am still’s.” \u00a0The man I have prayed for that will take my daughter and provide for her and protect her. \u00a0The man I have prayed for that will be the Spiritual Giant in their family. \u00a0The man I have prayed for that will assume my role as provider and protector and enjoy the “I am still’s.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, I am honored in God for His choice for Mary. \u00a0I am honored to give up my “I am still’s.” \u00a0I am honored to entrust Adam with the protection of my daughter. \u00a0I am honored to entrust Adam with the provisions that sustain my daughter. \u00a0I am honored to entrust the Spiritual disciplines and growth of my daughter and their children to Adam. \u00a0I am honored…<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, since the “I am still’s are fixing to be delivered to the new man that has her heart, I must calculate what I should do with the rest of my life since all the pressure’s will soon be taken off?… \u00a0NOT… \u00a0Lol… \u00a0God is good all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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