John Alan Mills
6-19-70 to 8-9-06

John went to be with the Lord in August of 2006 by way of a tragic work related accident. It was an accident that happened in an instant, and instantly John was taken from earth, and into the presence of an Almighty, Loving God. I can do nothing to change that. I can only lay it down, trust God to help me and my children as we continue to live here on earth, and believe God’s word, that He still gives me hope for my future. He has also promised that with the comfort that He has given me, I will be able to share that with others. God is just awesome like that.

John was an amazing man. He loved God so very much. I often referred to him as a “man after God’s own heart”. He was an extremely hard worker, who did everything with excellence. He had the spirit of an entrepreneur. He was always reading and learning and striving to become a man of Wisdom. He was most definitely a dreamer.

I had the awesome privilege of being married to John for almost 14 years. Through those years we had many very hard times, times that challenged us, times that almost destroyed us, but times that caused us to grow, and times of literal heaven on earth. I would not trade one day of the painful times, hard times, for anything in this world. God showed me that to love like He loves, is to keep no records of wrongs done, to hope all, believe all, endure all, and love never fails. Thank God that John and I had the same commitment in our hearts before God, to never give up and to offer love as unconditionally as we could as humans, relying on God to help us.
I state again that I would not trade one day on this earth that I had with John for anything. Knowing now that we loved through the bad times, and shared joy in the awesome times, keeps joy in my heart when I think of him.
There has been no greater experience in this life, other than salvation, than to have had a best friend, husband, father of my children, priest of our home, all rolled into one amazing man. To know that the foundation of our relationship was Jesus Christ, and each of us striving to grow closer to God, only brought us closer to each other. I believe despite very hard times, we had the most awesome times this earth has to offer, because the love that was in our family was TRUE love, Something that runs deep into the spirit, and not based on outward things. This is how I really know that the saying, “It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all” is so very true. My life will never be the same by having loved, and been loved by, John. We knew that love first came from God to us, and then could be shared by us with each other and our children.

He was an amazing Father. I have never seen another man love his children so much, have such great desire to see them trained in the ways of the Lord, to wish to see them succeed farther than he could in life and joy in watching it. He truly showed me what the love of a father looks like, when it is based on a relationship with Christ. My kids have more awesome memories of their father in the short time they had him here, than many people have in a lifetime with their fathers. That is quite a legacy to leave.
I have not one bad thing to say about how John loved and trained our children.

John was certainly not perfect. He would be the first to let you know that. In my memories though, do I think on those imperfections?...No, I remember the heart of a man who truly taught me more about the mercy, grace, and love of God, than any single individual on this earth. He gave me the opportunity to experience true love. One of his very favorite scriptures is exactly how I remember him to be…..

Philippians 3:9-14 (Amplified Bible)
Amplified Bible (AMP)
And that I may [actually] be found and known as in Him, not having any [self-achieved] righteousness that can be called my own, based on my obedience to the Law's demands (ritualistic uprightness and supposed right standing with God thus acquired), but possessing that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ (the Anointed One), the [truly] right standing with God, which comes from God by [saving] faith.
[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [[a]which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] That if possible I may attain to the [[b]spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body]. Not that I have now attained [this ideal], or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own. I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.

John had a quote that said, “Success is measured in lives changed”
I would have to say that John Mills was a true success.
Thank you for letting me share just a little about John Alan Mills.