Cherished client
Counseling intern
God-daughter
The first of the three called me ‘cousin’
since we ‘wore’ the same surname. The next called me ‘friend’ and ‘teacher’ and
thought those monikers ought to grace my headstone. The last promised to never
take me for granted, and called me ‘PaPa.’
A wall cross
A photograph
An East Indian wrap
Mementoes where once stood people.
They have vanished like fog in the morning, and left base trinkets in their place.
I can so identify with our Lord when, after some of His outer circle despised
him, and stepped away, He asked the twelve,
…“Will you also go away?”
So inestimably easy to withdraw into
myself, and refuse any further opportunities to practice vulnerability.
Yet, such a course of action would
only prove my mediocrity, and would neither benefit me, nor those whom God has
yet to set in my pathway.
Therefore, I will do the hard thing. I
will do the less convenient thing. I will go right on making a difference in
lives whether they, ultimately, value me, my efforts, and all that I have
poured into them, or whether they don’t.
Whether they remember the messenger is
of little or no account. It is, rather, far more important that they remember
the message, and entrust it to others; who may do the same.
The ignoble choices of those whom I
have impacted in the past will neither now, nor will they ever deter me from my
task.
By William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "(Mc)Donald's Daily Diary" Vol. 74. Copyright pending
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