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I never thought I could write a book, however, those who have read my books say; “I just love the way you write, it’s like having a conversation with you.”

So how did I become an author? I blame my eldest son Joshua. You see, he comes to me one day and says, “Dad, I want you to write something down about Pop-Pop, I want my kids to know him.” He came to me with the same request for five years. Then one October my wife says, “Joshua has been asking you for years to write something about Dad, you better do it.” So I thought I better get serious and have something special for my son. So I started typing “The Jesus My Father Showed Me.” As I started to write, I think I cried the words onto the paper, so this became very special for me.

Christmas morning arrived and as the children were opening their presents I felt this little folded typed manuscript missed its mark as a “present.” But… later that evening my son came to me in tears of his own, and with a bear hug said, “Thank you Dad.” Then later that week, Joshua started begging me to publish this work. I said, “Oh no son, I wrote that just for you.” He said; “I know Dad, but everyone needs to read this, PLEASE publish this into a book.” The family debates started, my doubts increased, but at last, we have a book, all because of my son’s desire.

May I share a story about Josh? Because he is the true author. Every dad can relate to the fact that it’s our children that keeps our hearts beati ng…and very fast at times.

Josh is the first of three sons, the “Big Brother,” a happy kid with an “I can do” attitude and a smile that wouldn’t quit. Josh has a compassion for others that is seen, felt, and in many ways contagious unto this day. Josh had lots of natural abilities and seemed to know what he wanted and how to get there…Unti l…! …Unti l God decided to take Joshua down a different  path.

You see, we found out that Josh had a brain tumor that needed to come out. So Josh had brain surgery which left him a “vegetable” in the most powerful meaning

of the term. His recovery took nearly three years and stole away many of his natural abilities. Josh felt stripped by God of his ambitions and dreams, and the whole family felt the loss.

We all grew through this experience, and with new limitations and challenges, we had to accept things and trust the One in control. We learned that the more we yielded our members to Christ, the more

Christ is glorified through us. I once challenged Josh with; “Do you want to be a failure in your own strength, or a trophy in God’s hands?” Josh took that challenge to heart and our lives have changed!

“With every door God closes, He opens another,” and Josh has found new strengths and talents not by practice nor study, but only by the grace of God. Josh has the ability to see what others cannot, to make sense out of nonsense, and to understand “the plan.” This lead him into National Security Agency fighting ISIS with a security clearance to brief the Pentagon. He had the responsibility over things for which I could not speak of or know. In fact, I open my book “Maybe It’s Good We Don’t Know” with a story of Josh telling me who can know, and what they know. One day Josh called me and said; “Dad, I’m a broken man,” yet with each new day he continues to glorify his Lord. So yes, I’m a little proud of my son, so when he said; “Dad, you have to publish this book,” I listened.

Meet Josh at: JoshuaProx.com