Daddy's Remarriage
My Dad, sister Janice, & I were in Orlando one Christmas. We stayed at a hotel of the Agape Players--they're a Christian musical group that tours the country. I remember that's the time I fell in love with popcorn--came free with any order in the restaurant. (When it's air popped without all that extra oil or salt, it's not fattening like other snacks but filling because of its "puffiness". There. That commercial's for free.)
That was the Christmas after my mother passed away, the Christmas my Dad asked Janice & me for "permission" to get remarried. It was to one of the first Bible School students in our churches in Okinawa, who'd actually babysat for us--no stranger to the family! (Later, I found out my first Mom had actually suggested her to Dad to be the new helpmeet for the work in Okinawa, and they had prayed about it together.) I was so happy--I couldn't think of anybody better--but it took a little bit (a day or so?) for Janice to get used to the idea. God must've prepared our hearts; it had been only a few months after Mommy had died, so it should've been much more difficult to accept, humanly speaking.
Awhile after they were remarried, I found an old postcard to my sister. It had been written when I'd gone to Okinawa in '80 due to illness. To make a long story short, my present mother had been emotionally resting up at our home while I was getting medical treatment. Her unquestioning obedience to the Lord had prompted me to write: "I know she'll be used greatly of the Lord for our family". Little had I known then that she'd someday BE FAMILY!
I think both of my Moms: Kimiko and Kiyo (Even their first names sound alike!) have ready smiles. My new mother, when she was younger, canceled her wedding three days before the ceremony, feeling it wasn't God's will (although the groom-to-be was a Christian)...I think how I wouldn't have her as a new mom now if she hadn't done that then.
Both mothers have shown me the most important thing is THE WILL OF GOD. Anything else comes second. (Incidentally, my first mother was 34 when she got married; my new mom was 44!) Psalm 37:4 was my first Mom's life verse.
That was the Christmas after my mother passed away, the Christmas my Dad asked Janice & me for "permission" to get remarried. It was to one of the first Bible School students in our churches in Okinawa, who'd actually babysat for us--no stranger to the family! (Later, I found out my first Mom had actually suggested her to Dad to be the new helpmeet for the work in Okinawa, and they had prayed about it together.) I was so happy--I couldn't think of anybody better--but it took a little bit (a day or so?) for Janice to get used to the idea. God must've prepared our hearts; it had been only a few months after Mommy had died, so it should've been much more difficult to accept, humanly speaking.
Awhile after they were remarried, I found an old postcard to my sister. It had been written when I'd gone to Okinawa in '80 due to illness. To make a long story short, my present mother had been emotionally resting up at our home while I was getting medical treatment. Her unquestioning obedience to the Lord had prompted me to write: "I know she'll be used greatly of the Lord for our family". Little had I known then that she'd someday BE FAMILY!
I think both of my Moms: Kimiko and Kiyo (Even their first names sound alike!) have ready smiles. My new mother, when she was younger, canceled her wedding three days before the ceremony, feeling it wasn't God's will (although the groom-to-be was a Christian)...I think how I wouldn't have her as a new mom now if she hadn't done that then.
Both mothers have shown me the most important thing is THE WILL OF GOD. Anything else comes second. (Incidentally, my first mother was 34 when she got married; my new mom was 44!) Psalm 37:4 was my first Mom's life verse.
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