Coming to the End

“I look back on my life like a good day’s work, it was done and I am satisfied  with it.”  Grandma Moses (1860-1961)

I remember sitting at the bedside of a member of one of the churches I served.  He was quite old and he was dying.  His wife had called me to  ask that I come and be with him.  She said that he had some questions for me. I knew this would be a tough encounter for two reasons:  1) this gentleman was so weak that it would take all my concentration just to hear him speak and 2)  I knew this was probably my last chance to have the opportunity to answer whatever questions he had.  I wouldn’t get the opportunity to clarify any answers I might give him.

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