Scripture of the day:
John 6: 67-68
67Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
Church today was a treasure trove of scriptures to share. Chapter 6 is an eventful chapter and so these verses are sometimes lost in all the happenings of the chapter.
This scripture was given during the Bishop's talk today. He began by sharing a story of working for 5 weeks for a special toy but the day before he would have gotten his final payment he gave up his goal and spent his prior four weeks pay on candy. On his trip home he got to watch his brother play with his special toy and he felt like he had nothing to show for his 5 weeks of work.
It reminded me of a story I heard from my sister. I have two sisters. They are quite a bit older than me. My oldest sister had a really strong desire to be married. She was engaged. Her fiance was about to go into the army. He wanted to wait until he finished boot camp before they got married and she didn't want to wait. So he left and my sister panicked. There were extenuating circumstances involved that I would rather not go into but she went out and found someone to marry her. This marriage was a big mistake. The next day she received a letter from her fiance. Since she was not there my second sister opened the letter.
This sister told me the story. She opened the letter and in it the soldier fiance was telling my sister that he didn't want to wait until the end of boot camp to get married. I don't know the particulars of how that could happen but obviously it did not. If my oldest sister had waited one. more. day. she would have had the desire of her heart. My oldest sister's life would have been so different if she had waited.
My second sister finally told my oldest sister about the letter. I was there. It was more than 20 years later. My oldest sister was on her second marriage. At this point there was not much she could have done differently. My sister's response was not one that showed a lot of response. I guess she figured it didn't do any good to regret.
But when I have to make a decision of such a significant importance I have the Cyndi Lauper song about one more day go through my head and I wonder, "Could this wait one more day?"
I have been accused of being a non activist or lacking courage or willing to just let things happen but I have learned that sometimes things do resolve themselves by waiting just one. more. day.
Just my thoughts...
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