Skip to main content

My dad died very suddenly.

My Bible: reasons to believe in the power of the Bible

Previous Next

‘My dad died very suddenly. He was a warehouse manager and had an accident at work. The week before, I’d been reading Philippians. I remember reading Philippians 4.8 which says, “Fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely and honourable.”

On the Saturday, I was meant to be playing football, but it was cancelled, so I went round to my parents’ house for dinner. Because of that verse, I told my Dad and my Mum about what great parents they were to me.I was able to thank my Dad for the great father that he had been.

He was dead on the Tuesday. That verse, and my faith, kept me strong. It helped me that I’d had those conversations with him. There was no sense of “I wish I’d said that”. That experience has made me think about the conversations I have each day.

Early in the morning, I sit with a cup of tea and the cat for ten minutes and read the Bible. It sets the agenda for the day. I always ask God, who do you want me to speak to today?

My Dad helped me look to God. He was a very gentle man who saw the best in people. He never put himself on a pedestal. He helped people along their journey of faith and in life.

I was only 30 when he went. I could do with him now. I could do with him in 10 years’ time. Sometimes I think it’s not fair, not on. But it is what it is. I can’t change it. God helps me in that pain and enables me to live how Dad would want me to live and how I want to too.’

Do you have a story to share? Email [email protected]

More Stories

My wife and I were told we’d likely never have children

My wife and I were told we’d likely never have children – even if we went through certain procedures. I was born with a “defect”, and after both of us went through some tests, I discovered I had one or two other issues...

I was furious. I had just come back from being interviewed by a college

‘I was furious. I had just come back from being interviewed by a college with a view to being trained to be a Baptist minister. The last thing my minister had said to me before I left was, “The one thing they won’t ask...

I became very ill when I was 20 years old and was hospitalised

I became very ill when I was 20 years old and was hospitalised, nil-by-mouth, on a morphine drip, etc. This illness led to me being in and out of hospital for the next year or so. At that time I wasn’t a Christian but my...

I’m sometimes guilty of thinking I know better than everyone else

I’m sometimes guilty of thinking I know better than everyone else. That mindset often extends to thinking I know what I need better than God. When my wife and I were moving house, I found that I tried too often to force...

I was an executive in a company. A colleague had retired and died very suddenly.

I was an executive in a company. A colleague had retired and died very suddenly. He was a lovely man, and I went to his memorial service. We sang, “Do not be afraid for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name...

I keep coming back to John 6.67–68

I keep coming back to John 6.67–68 where Jesus has been teaching and people are finding it hard to understand and lots of his peripheral followers are falling away.

Want to share how the Bible has impacted your life? Email [email protected]

Read the Bible icon Read the Bible