Your Legacy by James Dobson

Author:James Dobson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2014-09-08T16:00:00+00:00

I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. (Phil. 4:12–13)

Joe Kubishta exemplified this peace and contentment as well as anyone I’ve ever known.

On February 14, Valentine’s Day, Joe was voted “King of Hearts” by the medical staff and the patients at the convalescent hospital. He had trouble stringing words together coherently by that point, but it didn’t matter. His winning personality was still evident. We played one last game of Hearts, and he couldn’t remember the rules. How sad that was. Four days later, on February 18, he told Shirley that the angels were coming to get him. And on February 19, my beloved father-in-law slipped quietly out of this life and into eternity. He was nearly ninety-one years old. Now he awaits the rest of our family on the other side. I promise you, Joe will be smiling!

I’ll share one last story that was related during the memorial service. Our son Ryan, who has become a very effective speaker, gave one of the emotional eulogies. During his remarks he talked about the meaning of success. Ryan described a day several months earlier when he dropped by unexpectedly at his grandparents’ house. He found them sitting at the kitchen table—not on opposite sides, but side by side. They were holding hands.

“What are you doing?” Ryan asked.

“We’ve just been sitting here this morning looking at one another,” Alma replied.

After fifty-two years of marriage, they were content just to be in each other’s company. “THAT,” said Ryan, “is my definition of marital success.” Joe Kubishta was survived by his wife, Alma, who died six years later, and by his stepson John and John’s wife, Marlene Deere; their grown sons, Steve and Brad Deere; by his stepdaughter, Shirley, and me, his son-in-law; and by our grown children, Danae and Ryan Dobson. As soon as I have been in heaven for a while and have knelt at the feet of Jesus, I want to play a game of Hearts with Joe. I know he will win.

Good-bye, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend. You brought such incredible joy into our lives. Your smile and laughter will linger in our memories forever. We can hardly imagine life without you, but our separation will be brief. We will see you on the other side, in the presence of our wonderful Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Because He lives, we can face tomorrow.

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