my dad, Dr Gadiel Tumamak Isidro, turned 76 yesterday and it was truly a day of joy and gladness. after all he's been through (see my blog on "depression"), it was wonderful to see my dad actually enjoying his birthday.
the Lord HAS been very good to him. and to us, his family, for giving him to us...!! he's a wonderful father -- compassionate, caring, loving, possessing the highest integrity and the greatest faith in God.
as a father, he has no equal (in my eyes, of course!). he himself lost his father when he was only 4 years old and he grew up with not very kind aunts (and that's putting it mildly!). but, God protected him from any harm or the physical pain that they inflicted on him because God had great things in store for him.
he wanted to be a lawyer, but God led him to Bible School in Manila and since his graduation in 1954, he has kept his focus solidly on doing the Lord's work. he's a pastor, a theologian, an evangelist, an author, an authority in his own right on systematic theology and the Biblical languages of hebrew and greek, an academian.
he never aimed to be famous and is content with imparting his wisdom and knowledge on to his students at EL Theological Seminary and the members of his church here at Forest Hills, Banawa, Cebu. becoming wealthy was not one of his goals either. but, he is rich where it counts -- in the souls that he has won to the Lord and in the many lives that he has influenced for good and for God.
i'm so grateful to the Lord for giving him these 76 years and pray that he will have many more fruitful years ahead to finish the books that he wants to write and the different projects that he has percolating in his mind.
may God continue to be glorified in my dad's life and may those of us in his family continue his legacy of faithfulness, integrity, active soul winning and devoted service to God in the years that God chooses to give to us here on earth!
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