Posted by
kgk and Katharina on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:27:39 PM
Both of us were thinking about how our lives have gone. We come from varied backgrounds, peoples, cultures, even faiths. We are not stupid people but we are not geniuses either. Yet, for some reason, and the Bible says it is God's love, we have gotten to our respective ages, 67 for Katy and almost 70 for kgk, Glenn. As for kgk, being born in Philly, to a blue collar family with grandparents whose job included being a union leader for the AFL, Dad away in WWII, he had a pretty good childhood as an only child not spoiled because money was short and responsibility was pushed. As he grew , he had no IQ for languages, math, yet he could talk, write, read and seemed to be interested in liberal arts at a very young age. Katy, in Austria, learned to be very good in numbers, not algebra but clerical work, typing , business dealings. Both of us went through a divorce but kgk never had kids; Katy had two daughters. On to college for kgk, at American U. Majored in history, TV-Radio,political science. Still, an idiot in math and languages. Katy worked in banking, raised those two daughters and lived in Ca. Kgk went on to Vanderbilt with a Carnegie Fellowship and thankfully, had no math or lingo materials to be wretched with! Began teaching in Fla, and then in Ca. In 1980, they met, married and found that God somehow had decided that though being divorced, they would have a new start though family matters, memories, past sins still haunted both of them. Then in 1985,kgk went to Fuller Seminary and just retired after 20 years as a pastor. Had a horrid time with Greek and Hebrew. Yipe. Katy did the typing for his papers. Hooray. Yet, yet, while reviewing those years , realized that holiness , great success, and impact was very little. Still, God did not stop loving us. Why we got to be here, both retired, with little accomplishment, is still a mystery to both of us. Other people have had horrid lives and been touched by God. We have had ups and downs but God has not dumped us. The fact is, God has apparently never let us down though we have let Him down. Is it any wonder that we appreciate life as we have it. We are simply fortunate. We have had 3 grandsons who have given us some joy. We even have had some cats and dogs who have been marvelous companions. We have traveled worldwide. Yet, we know that we never, never deserved any of this. It has been blessings from God. Period. Not our brains, our successes. It is a mystery still to us but we are glad that God has not dumped us. Jesus still cares apparently. Our wish now is for God to transform us quickly into the mind and compassion of Jesus. We don't have many years left. Neither does any reader who reads this.