Daves Encounter
Dave’s EncounterMy dad was looking at a full-ride scholarship to any college of his choice, however he ruined it all. Ten days before he and his twin brother graduated, a college scout from Indiana, I think his name was Bobby Knight, caught him at a woodsy (party) drunk as a skunk. Word eventually got around that Dave Graham wasn’t college material and that he was a guaranteed failure.
Dad realized that the dream he had carried since his childhood was unobtainable, all because of one night. Then it hit him, it wasn’t just one night, it was almost every night. He had to change his life.
When I was ten my dad told me for the first time how he ruined his chances for a college scholarship. He said that it was the best thing that ever happened to him.
After realizing the path he was headed down, dad started looking for other options. That’s when he found the Lord. Discovering the Lord changed my dad drastically. He took all his bad habits and traded them for salvation. His life was finally going the right direction. Then I was born.
My parents tell me that I was the biggest challenge ever presented. They used to tell me that I wasn’t theirs, because no son of theirs would steal the cop’s lights and put them on the school bus. That no son of theirs would ever urinate on the principal’s floor. That no son of theirs would ever show up to school butt-naked. Needless to say my parents and I never got along.
My dad saw how my life was becoming more and more like his life used to be. His way for changing me was forcing God...
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