My Happy Birthday

Hi Friends..
Today is both my Birthday and Father's Day. My mind has so many thoughts running around in it, but I'm going to try and focus on a few good things that I'd like to share with you today.
As most of You know that read this, things haven't been to good in my family with it having a history of chemical abuse, and all the other kinds of abuses that I've spoken about here.
I tried very hard with the event of my 55th Birthday coming to make some sense of my life. Praying and seeking God's face about what He wants from me with the rest of my life for however much longer that is.
This past year has brought family problems, with a broken leg and two operations for me. I reached a point that I didn't want to wake up. I just wanted to go to sleep and be with Jesus. Yes, selfish thought I know. Sometimes we go through things in life and wonder where "our Father" is in all of this. I have prayed for years that my Father and I would be able to talk and be at peace with each other. I have cried and prayed and seeked God's face for us. I've needed a Dad to love me and have a normal relationship with. Not someone who was angry and abusive.
Most of You know that I have two sister's who have problems with medications. Well this past year one of them has OD and had to be put on life support several times. She's addicted to Loritab, Ultram, and Soma. She got into trouble with her doctor for doing what's called double dipping..getting meds from more than one doctor. Then she started getting them online. It seems that You can get just about anything your heart desires online. I think that's why they call it being caught up in the web. The past 3 weeks while recovering from my last operation, I've been trying to help this sister to get off these medications. She's been addicted since the age of 16, she's now 53 so needless to say this has been her life. The past two years she has had accidents and broken ribs and almost died because of this addiction. But, something else was happening that I slowly have became aware of. While all this was happening, our dad was getting more and more caring and concerned where my sister's are involved. He's been trying to help them to get help. He and I had not spoken for more than a year and half until the past week.
It seems that God our Father has been working on Dad's heart to be more loving and caring and involved in this family that he abused and left many years ago. Many prayers have been prayed for God to open this mans heart and heal his spirit. Many years of tears and fasting and wondering and even losing hope at times that I would ever have his love.
Last week he called me and ask me to help my sister get to her appointment with a doctor and asked how my leg was. Well friends, this man is not my Dad. He has never been concerned with asking how I am.
Yesterday we had to put my sister in detox. Today I went to see her. Broken, shaking, scared, in withdrawl. Teeth clenched so tight she could hardly be understood when she spoke. Clenching her teeth, shaking, head drawing back from muscle spasms, chills, sick and restless and knowing that she might die. I prayed with her and reminded her that I love her more than she loves the medications. It broke my heart to leave her today. I guess she called dad when I left her, and told him I had been up. He soon called me, and ask how I was. Yes, our Father God has been listening, even when I thought his ears were closed against me. He has heard our prayer's. Today for the first time in my life, on both my Birthday and Father's Day, I was able to wish my Dad a heart felt "Happy Father's Day Dad" and smile. For 55 years I have longed for this day. With both joy that God is restoring my dad, and tears for what my sister is going through, I thank God for this Birthday, I praise You Jesus! I have longed for and lived for this day. If I never see another day in my life I can truly say, I am blessed and my spirit is finding peace. Happy Father's day to my Family and Friends, and Happy Father's day to my Father in Heaven.