Remembering Dad

I can remember Dad (Max) relaying a conversation he had, where someone asked him, “If you had to do it all over again, would you have done anything differently?”  Dad said, “You always have regrets, but generally I don’t think I would, except if I could only have done it without the fear.”  It is said that courage is not the absence of fear, rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.  I look at my Dad and I see someone who with God’s help was courageous, whether it was following God and taking the whole family to live in Germany or a bigger step moving to Russia or in the small things, having the courage to come alongside someone and speak truth to them in love.  My Dad really tried to be faithful to what God laid on his heart, big or small and our family is forever grateful.  Thanks for being such a great example in so many ways, Dad.  Will miss you!