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'Amish Pasture Lying Fallow... Winter, Northern Maine'
A story has Francis of Assisi hoeing his garden, and he is asked, "What would you do if you suddenly learned that you were to die at sunset today?" He replies, "I would finish hoeing my garden."
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November 29, 2005 -
Today, I shuffled through some mail, made phone calls to some sick church members, visited and prayed with a dear lady who lost her son in an untimely and sudden death, laid hands on and had healing prayer for a little girl who had missed school due to a headache she awakened with, stood beside the hospital bed of a man of eighty-nine years and listened to stories from his earlier days - especially he was delighted to tell me of how he met and fell in love with his late wife -, …
Now, I am writing this for you. I feel the peace and contentment of knowing that if I were to die before darkness sheds its veil over this earth tonight, I would be glad I spent my day the way I did today. The details of this day were the Will of God for me.
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When one is holy, all becomes holy.
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*(C) Brian K. Wilcox, 2021
*Brian's book, An Ache for Union: Poems on Oneness with God through Love, can be ordered through major online booksellers or the publisher AuthorHouse. The book is a collection of poems based on mystical traditions, especially Christian and Sufi, with extensive notes on the teachings and imagery in the poetry.
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