Pt. 1
There’s a
poignant scene in the New Testament which describes the moment when a
significant number of Christ’ outer circle abandoned Him. And I have always
felt this particular story depicts the human side of Jesus more so than any
other passage of scripture.
Upon
learning of these defections, the Savior cast mournful eyes on His twelve
disciples, and asks,
“Will you
also go away?”
I was
listening to my favorite radio broadcast this morning. “Night Sounds” with the
late Bill Pearce. The topic of the day was, “The Healing of Emotions.” Half-way
through the half-hour broadcast Bill offered a confession and shared a story
which I’d never heard him tell before.
“I have
experienced something very hurtful in my own family. You see, a few years ago
my oldest son informed me, ‘You are no longer my father. You are dead to me and
I to you. Any connection we ever had is over forever.’”
I was
flabbergasted. Among hundreds of these broadcasts to which I’d listened, I had
never heard this story. As a result, I contacted Jean Brown, the only employee
of “Night Sounds” radio, and asked her whether Bill and his son ever found a
way to reconcile their estrangement. Though Mr. Pearce developed Parkinson’s
Disease in his latter years, and was admitted to a nursing home, and ultimately
passed away, the (by this time) middle-aged man never contacted his father
again. And sadly enough, Jean went on to inform me that he died a couple years after his father’s
passing.
by William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from (Mc)Donald's Daily Diary. Vol. 43. Copyright pending
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