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    A Father's Love
    A Father's Love
    A Father's Love
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    A Father's Love

    By Norbert Mercado

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    “The tests of life open the panorama of God's mercy to those who trust Him,” Recab said while they were eating.

    Saul, Jemimah, their daughter Rebekah, Baanah, and Recab were at the dining table having breakfast. Abishai was with Ish-Bosheth in the children’s room.

    “The tests in life are not necessarily God’s punishment for His children. Remember the story of Job. It was not God who inflicted troubles on Job. It was Satan. God allowed Satan to bring trouble and inflict pain on Job for a purpose. God wanted to test Job’s faithfulness in Him. In the end, God blessed Job,” Recab said.

    “I don’t know about you, Recab, but I don’t want to go through the experiences of Job. Not only did he lose his businesses, he also lost his children and ended up with disease. That was very tragic and painful,” Saul said.

    “I wouldn’t want to go through those experiences either. Who wants to suffer? I don’t think anybody does,” Recab replied.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNorbert Mercado
    Release dateFeb 5, 2015
    ISBN9781310398926
    A Father's Love
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    Norbert Mercado

    "In this age of revolution, the contemporary writer should utilize the pen for the preservation of peace," Norbert Mercado, a Filipino author, stressed. The books he has written and published, including his anthologies, unapologetically assert the indispensability of peace in a nation’s progress. The author has written more novels than any Asian writer had in just a brief period of time. In fact, he has surpassed the number of novels written by world-renowned novelists like Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn (winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1970) and American authors Ernest Hemingway (winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1954). Solzhenitsyn has four novels to his credit, while Hemingway has eight. His style of writing is simple and succinct, but poignant and colorful like Hemingway’s THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, and Solzhenitsyn’s ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DESONOVICH. "The simpler the novel, the better," he said. In line with Japanese Yasunari Kabawata’s writings about the Japanese way of life, most of Norbert’s novels focus mostly on the current situation in his country. Kabawata is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968. His books present hope to the Filipino, especially to the "economic exiles" in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan whom he has spent most of his time with, in their daily struggles. But most of all, his novels lucidly show the futility of war and violence in the resolution of political-economic-class conflicts in the Philippines. "War should not be used as an instrument in resolving political conflicts. Writers who abet wars and revolutions must think of the widows and the fatherless, the chaos, destruction, and suffering of the people whom they claim to be concerned about," he said. What if, like Solzhenitsyn, Hemingway, and Kabawata, he eventually wins the Nobel Prize? What will he do with the US$1,000,000 award? "I will use the prize for establishing a Peace Foundation that will assist in the formulation of policies which will resolve the current shooting conflicts in the country and help alleviate the continuing poverty of our countrymen." He will take charge of the foundation and personally campaign for a peaceful settlement of the conflicts in the Philippines. "The insurgency and the secessionist rebellion have foreign support. A Nobel title will give me the personality to approach the leaders involved in the conflicts," he explained. Born on March 25, 1955, he is the youngest among the children of Mr. and Mrs. Aurelio Mercado, Sr. of San Manuel, Tarlac. He graduated from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, with two degrees, Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication. Voted Outstanding Campus Journalist in 1974, he was a columnist and associate editor of the Philippine Collegian, the campus publication of the University of the Philippines. He has also written articles for various newspapers and magazines in the Philippines, as well as abroad. He also won the 1981 National Essay Writing Contest sponsored by SIDESTREETS Magazine. Norbert is a graduate of the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), the topmost armed forces school in the country, where he was conferred a Master’s degree in National Security Administration (MNSA) and the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He graduated from the NDCP at the age of 32, the youngest in Class 21 which had already produced several generals in the Armed Forces, and the youngest graduate in the history of the National Defense College of the Philippines. He was elected one of the fifteen directors of Class 21. He was conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity (Applied Servanthood), Honoris Causa, for his almost 30 years work in Christian literature. His batch mates include Senator Robert Barbers, Undersecretary of Trade and Industry and Bulletin Columnist Nelly Villafuerte, Actor and Producer Fred Galang, Rev. Peter Vasaya, and the His Royal Highness Sultan of Sulu and Sabah Ishmael Kiram. A sports lover, he was a rifle marksman in his UP ROTC days, and a winner of the 1988 and 1989 5,000 meter-run sponsored by the National Defense College Alumni Association. His sports include swimming, basketball, volleyball, boxing, karate, cycling, and marathon among others. A traveler, he has attended various international conferences and trainings in Asia and Europe. His travels have widened his insight not only of places, but also of people he has constantly observed and empathized with. He is the youngest graduate of the Singapore Haggai Institute for Third World Leaders in 1980 at the age of 24. "Let us work for peace in our country, in any way we can," Norbert stressed. Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers." Ria M. Mercado

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      A Father's Love - Norbert Mercado

      A FATHER’S LOVE

      by

      NORBERT MERCADO

      Also by Norbert Mercado

      NOVELS

      72 Hours in Moscow

      Cambodia's Children of Sorrow

      The Children of Mars

      Even the Grass Bleeds

      I Don't Need A Throne

      The Korean War

      The Last Romanov

      In The Shadow Of The Roman Empire

      Farewell Darkness!

      The Roman Governor of Judaea

      Morning Glory

      Love Is Beautiful

      Prepare For Eternity

      Dulce Extranjera

      For more information on Norbert Mercado, visit

      http://norbertomercado.blogspot.com

      A FATHER’S LOVE

      Norbert Mercado

      Copyright © 2014

      Norbert Mercado has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.

      This book is a work of fiction, and except in case of historical fact, any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      This book is sold, subject to the condition that is shall not, by way of trade or otherwise be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form or binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition, including this condition, being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      ISBN: 978-1-310-39892-6

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      VERSION: 2015-02-06-0330

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Last Chapter

      Dedication

      A Historical Novelist For Peace

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      Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

      "Unless you people see signs and wonders, Jesus told him, you will never believe."

      The royal official said, Sir, come down before my child dies.

      "Go, Jesus replied, your son will live."

      The man took Jesus at his word and departed.

      John 4:46-50

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      1

      "Youth should be enjoyed and treasured," Jemimah told her husband Saul, a royal official who belonged to the Herodian family. The couple was having a conversation in the large garden of their house in Capernaum.

      Jemimah told her husband not to worry when their children were not in the house, for they may just be somewhere in Capernaum with their playmates.

      I’m a father… It is but natural for me to be concerned about our children’s safety, Saul told his wife.

      I know… But your children are all growing up. You should let them explore their village, Jemimah said.

      Saul and Jemimah were in their late 30s. Saul was 39 years old, while Jemimah was 37. They grew up in Capernaum. Saul married his wife when he was 27 years old, and Jemimah was 25.

      The couple had three children. Abishai, a boy, was the eldest, Rebekah was second, and Ish-Bosheth, another son, was the youngest. Abishai was 12 years old, Rebekah was 10, and Ish-Bosheth was seven years old.

      Where could they be by this time? It’s almost the sixth hour. They should be here for lunch, Saul said.

      While they were talking, two of their five women helpers came to bring food for lunch. The couple wanted to eat lunch at the garden together with their children.

      Rizpah, where did the children go? Saul asked one of the two women servants.

      Master, I don’t know. But Rebekah told Michal that they would be playing with their friends, Rizpah replied.

      Yes, Master. Rebekah told me that they would go with their friends to the river, Michal said.

      There was a river in Capernaum which was about four miles away from the house of Saul and Jemimah. The river was generally shallow, usually about knee-deep; but a certain portion of the river had a depth of over five feet.

      What?!! Saul exclaimed. Suppose they drown?

      Master, Rebekah said they wouldn’t be swimming. They would just be with their friends, Michal replied.

      You should have told me! Saul stated.

      "Master, you were still sleeping. They left after they ate breakfast. Rebekah said they would only be with their friends for a short while. She said they would come

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