If this is it..

‘Woke up, fell out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.’
(A Day in the Life by The Beatles from the 1967 album 'Sgt.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band)

   

          Well..

                          If this is it.

       

    My last..…’Today’

        I want to leave my wife with fresh oil in her ride

so I dropped her car off at McCarthy Service before they opened,

 

                                  and signed their ‘release’ form

   for the last time…

                              

                              and dropped the keys in the envelope, and put it in the overnight box.

                                                                                           -Gone-

   

 As I looked out at route 7, cool air against my skin..

                                       shorts and ‘sneaks’ on...

I’ll have this one more run home...

       

                                            in this misty morning.

  Stretching out a little before I head out

                                      I see a couple of gals from a local church are walking…talking..

          And heading back into the fog.

                             as I approach the road.

                                                                            the air smells great.

breaking into a run,

          I feel ‘in Creation’

          And in a few more miles I’ll be

                                                       home.

to walk Tootsie one more time..

                give Rosemary one more kiss.... 

     

                                       ²⁴ Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.

      It is a day like no other.

                      ¹³"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

                                           Yes..and maybe Lord..

                                                     I'm finally 'getting it'.

   ³⁰Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'^{[f] 31}The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'^[g]There is no commandment greater than these."                             

       

                                showered...

                                            clean underwear...

         

                               shaved....teeth brushed..

                                          hmmm...

   

                                    lets see now....the wardrobe..

                                                                    which black Harley shirt to wear?

                                                                       

    Everything outside seems to have more color today, as I roll the electra glide out of the garage. 

          

       

                                   'the money'..

'the board meeting'..

                                   'the job'..

'the house'..                                          'gigs'...

                         

                          'chores'... all have fallen to the ground

           like leaves for someone else to rake up. 

   

                                                                        for this

                                                                                     is my last Today. 

        

               Pressing ‘start’

                                      The 103 comes to life..and waits for me.                          

                   ‘ So Lord...

                                            how about we Go for 'just one more'...

Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.

                                                               

                                                        for You to share 'the good news' with,

                                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                              

                                                                                       before I come Home Today?

       

                                                                           

Luke 16

The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹ “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. ²⁰ At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores ²¹ and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
²² “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. ²³ In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. ²⁴ So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
²⁵ “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
²⁷ “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, ²⁸ for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
²⁹ “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
³⁰ “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
³¹ “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

                  don't wait another minute...

if this is it... Today