Standing Firm

Dad sure can't physically stand at all, but I was amazed to hear a report of him standing firm in his convictions.

An evaluator at the nursing home tried to pump Dad for answers about some of his personal history, inquiring about his service to our country in both the Army and Marine Reserves, etc. She asked him if any of his military service included a little nip of the bottle here and there. He said no. Again she attempted to get the answer she was looking for, but to no avail. "Oh come now, it would be awfully hard to be in the service without a few sips!!" He continued to stand firm. It took quite a while for him to communicate the words, but when he did, they were profound...
"I saw enough of that at home."

Dad saw firsthand the devastating effects that alcohol can ravage on a family and he decided for his ENTIRE life that he wanted no parts of that. Even in his altered state of mind, he is still standing firm to that conviction.

Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;