I love my spiritual father! Last night I sent an email updating him on my life and how I still hadn’t told my dad that I am going to Africa for a year. My dad isn’t always the supportive type and when it comes to leaving country, especially for long periods of time, it is a wast of my life. I have been dreading this call/conversation with my dad for a long time, since I have known about going to South Africa. Instead of getting it over with, I continually came up with excuses as to why I couldn’t call him or tell him on that particular occasion. And this was the response I got back from Gary. “Go tell your dad! You are a women of God with authority and life… go be obedient and honor your dad by obeying God… come on girl… love you!”
He’s my spiritual father…I can’t not listen to him. So as I was driving to my sister’s house, I decided I would call my dad. After all, I am leaving Texas in a few weeks, meaning I won’t be seeing him for a year. I called him and our phone conversations usually end after 1 minute 42 seconds, this one however lasted almost 8 minutes, a record for me. Surprisingly our conversation started in such a way that I didn’t have to force this Africa topic out. He asked about school and I told him how the next year would look for me. He didn’t get angry, or tell me that I needed to stay close to home, or that I needed to stop wasting my life. Instead, he only asked when I was leaving and when I would be returning. Once I hung my phone up I was in shock. Did our conversation actually go that smoothly? I was giddy with joy. The Lord was all over our conversation! I had done all this worrying for no reason at all!
I called Gary soon after speaking to my dad to tell him how amazingly easy it was and how he didn’t react the way I had prepared myself for. Gary said, “You should listen to your spiritual father more often…he knows what’s up in this world. You were given authority and with that things are never as we think them to be.” I couldn’t stop telling my friends and family how God surprised me today…needless to say, I am still overjoyed! Praise the Lord for He is good!
