“The virtue of a man ought to be measured,
not by his extra-ordinary exertions,
but by his everyday conduct.”
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
The character of a man [or woman] is evident in the little things.
Luke 16:10 (ESV)
One who is faithful in a very little
is also faithful in much.
If God wanted to improve me
cancer was the wrong solution,
for its sole result is truly
character’s dissolution.
I’m not the gentleman I was,
I’m far, too far past that
and the persona that life chose
is as a cornered rat.
And so I hope there is a place
for rodents red in truth and claw
whose mere existence, maybe grace?
And maybe hewing to the Law
that when each hard-fought day is done
something worthwhile has been won.
Sorry to have been away again. Bad days and weeks.
When you’re away, Andrew, I assume it is not well with your body and pray all the more that it will be well with your soul.
Prayers are appreciated.
This is the crucible; it shall break, and not me.