Whoever tries to save his/her life will lose it, and whoever gives his/ her life for others will find it.
Luke 9.24
This paraphrase is probably the most relevant and close to the center of the gospel than any other. In recent months, given what I have been through, it keeps floating to the top. It definitely means more to me now than it would have a year ago. Our daughter Alicia said to her mother, "Gee,Mom, the house is sold, you have the check, and this really great retirement home has room for you and Hank. What could be sweeter!"
How little did we know what would be involved after Judy's death began staring us in the face. Then our daughter Sue suggested to her dysfunctional father "Why don’t you interview various people around the residence and ask this question; ‘Tell me the story of your life.’ Don't take notes. Just listen.”
This process re-focused my life from ridiculous whining to conversations that energized the interviewee’s thoughts as well as my own discovery of useful things that are beginning to pull me out of the ooze.
Prayer: Mighty God, help anyone who reads this to find new of life in those of others rather than moping around in the dregs of our own. We pray this In Christ’s name. Amen
Hank Borchardt (2014)
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