For a brief moment…
A house
trailer, home for some unknown neighbor, started spinning the wheels in my
head. For nearly twenty years she and I
have shared a nice, ranch-style home on twenty acres. From there our children left to find their own
way on this spinning rock. Under the
stars over this campsite, somewhere east of Eden, we have taken refuge. We have sought fellow-believers with whom we
could fellowship, and find comfort and compass.
Next,
far too unbelievably soon, we will move on, maybe to sojourn, briefly, with
grown children. Then, we will step into “the
next.” Monuments. Stones.
Markers. All of these are
forgotten too soon. They are lost to the
third generation, maybe even the second!
We are NOT just “dust in the wind”; but, we are but a mist, a vapor,
soon gone.
What
remains? In the hearts of family and
friends we pass on what matters. So,
what will I leave behind?! Will this
place be a little darker and colder; or, please, a little brighter and
warmer? Will I pass on the heavenly
glimmer of love? or, the hateful
meanness of the pit? I choose love, joy,
peace …
Thank
you for the light you have shown, the love I have known, the peace you
give. May they inherit this. Lord, have mercy. Sweet Jesus.
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