By Joanne Lehman
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But none quite pleases me. The giant oak itself is a comfort to me, though. This oak, where I sit, rises out of the side of a massive rock, as if in competition with it. Or perhaps, better, a living testimony to the sandstone platform it shelters. The leaves die and swirl down. The oak lives on. A prickly pear reminds me of the crown of thorns. The tree's blood courses through its veins. It is almost November, and grapevines cheer me. Their twisted branches spiral up the tree trunks in the woods.
God initiates the I-Thou relationship in the wilderness, after we have walked away from Egypt's distraction and bondage. Here in the vast silences of our lives, we learn to trust, to move with God, to wait with God, to watch and listen for God's voice. Waiting for Christmas speaks of giving up a need to be in control. When we skip waiting and circumvent the wilderness, we shortchange celebrating. The peace of Christmas will dwell with us as we wait for Christ's coming. Waiting for the coming Christ is, indeed, the precursor of Christmas.
Thick black handbags sensible shoes gnarled rheumatic hands grip memorial leaflets. Youhavemysympathy. mechanical voices pumping hands how we're related don't know them either. Thankyouforcoming. Relief, it's over. Now the casket Why stand so long looking? Grandpa isn't here a nutshell dried cornstalk. Who could know what to say? Page 22 The Bishop Treasure Grandpa Reuben is gone now; Ralph's grandpa, dear to me as my own grandpas, but different. Reuben Hofstetter was a bishop. But not the stern dictatorial type I've heard about.
