Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus…
(Hebrews 12:1-2)
We showed the footage of the thief to a neighbor. He thought the thief was the same man as the shooter. Marnell showed the picture of the thief to another neighbor. THAT neighbor said that the first neighbor was so drunk when he saw the shooter that he could not possibly be considered reliable.
Honoring a story with your time shines a light into the darkness. It helps prevent the psychological vandalism that happens when we withhold dignity from other human beings, created in the image of God just like us.
It’s odd, but after I started looking for beauty, I found it all around. Our Brady Street beauty is a brand all its own, but I love it!
A while later, perhaps the next day, I found another gem. Tucked in a folder of correspondence between Robert Schulz and President Eisenhower, I found a brief note in the President’s handwriting. IN THE PRESIDENT’S HANDWRITING, people. Do you have any idea – ANY IDEA, I SAY! – how thrilled I was to find this?!
It’s a tricky thing to bring life to the long dead.
It stretched me to give up the new opportunity. But it wasn’t worth it, and I’m glad I didn’t push ahead.
