This hope won't be deffered
I was born in 1953 but my only brother was born in 1945. The eight year age difference between us resulted in very few memories for me of times with him. By the time I was old enough to be anything other than a total nuisance, my brother was in College and soon married and living away from home.
One of the few memories (good ones anyway) that I have of my brother was a time when I was probably around 8 or9 years old for my brother was in High School but was driving. For some reason he and his best friend invited me to go fishing with them on a Saturday morning. This was unheard of for usually they would no more think of inviting me than the man in the moon.
I vividly remember not being able to sleep a wink that Friday night due to the anticipation and excitement regarding the fishing trip. I put on my fishing clothes before I went to bed so that all I had to do was put shoes on and be ready to go. My brother had told me we would have to leave early, like 5:00 am to catch the bluegill we were fishing for.
As I laid there in the bed, I could do nothing but think of what the day held in store. There was no way on earth I could possibly think of sleeping for my little mind was flush with visions far greater than even those on Christmas Eve.
What could possibly be so exciting about going fishing? I have no idea. I don't know if the excitement was the time with my brother and his friend or the idea of catching fish. My dad would take me fishing and we rarely caught many fish. Besides, he went fishing to drink his beer. But, going fishing with my brother and his friend had to be spectacular for they were known to bring back tons of fish from their trips.
Finally around 4 in the morning I dozed off and went to sleep. I awoke later and was startled to see it was light outside. I jumped out of bed to see if my brother's car was parked out front. It was not. I found my dad and asked him what happened. He shrugged his shoulders and kept reading the morning paper.
Shortly after that my mom got home from work (she was a nurse who worked the night shift). The minute she entered the door I bombarded her with questions as to where my brother was and why they didn't take me. She said she didn't know and was tired and wanted to go to bed.
All morning I sat in my room alternating between crying and sleeping. Finally about noon my brother and his friend came in the door proudly showing off their fish. I burst into tears and slammed the door to my room. My brother never did come talk to me. He and his friend went out back and cleaned the fish and then left.
The Bible says that hope deferred makes the heart sick. If I learned any lesson from that experience many years ago it was that whatever you set your heart on to the point of being so full of anticipation for that it consumes your life had better be a sure thing. I trusted my brother and he let me down. He never had any intention of taking me fishing that morning. He was just being a big brother getting his kicks out of messing around with his little brother's mind.
I firmly believe that Christ will return and that I will spend eternity with Him. Unlike my brother's idle promises, I believe our Lord's promise to come again is true. I wait for His return with the same anticipation as I waited for my brother to tell me it was time to go that morning. This time my true "big brother" will do as He has said and take me on the greatest fishing trip of all time very soon.
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Author: blessings2you
Location: Warrenton Missouri USA
Gender: Male
Age: 57
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god called me to serve him when i was 16 years old while on a church work trip in new mexico in 1969. in the 40 years since; i attended bible school/leadership training, been ordained to the christian ministry and worked full time for a non-denominational ministry for nearly ten...
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