Once the coffee was done, he poured a cup and sat down at the dinner table in the kitchen. He sipped it, feeling its warmth course down his gullet, enlivening his slow-to-respond body.”
–L. C. Matthews (The Promise)
Ahhh, the coffee’s good this mornin’, sit yurself down Par, good to see yur heathly. The missus and I’ve been on the trail an’ just home yesterday evenin’. Nice to be sittin’ here this mornin’ tastin’ the good coffee with yuh.
When I do my travelin’ I do some thinkin’. The thoughts just sort of ramble through my head at times. Well, one of the things I got to thinkin’ as I was see some pretty country was that in all my years of trails and travelin’ I shore have seen a mite of things. I should sit myself and write them down. But my mercy, how to start, where to start. I’ve been coast to coast, from border to border. Sorta like the ol’ song, “I’ve Been Everywhere…” but I’ll not go that far. I’ve never been to Winnemucca, been close but not there, but I can remember probably the reddish sunset I’ve ever seen in Truth or Consequences. Yes, the Lord has given me a few of His grand sights to see over the years.
How’s the coffee this mornin’, Pard? Strong enough fer yuh? Why on the trail home, we stopped at one place to put our heads down for the night. They had coffee, an’ I use that term loosely. After a taste, I reckon it was either dark water or “woke” coffee. Yuh know, somethin’ that looks one way, pretends to be somethin’ but after yuh taste it yuh know it’s fake.
Since I brought up sunsets, whoopti, that ol’ ball of fire was shinin’ bright as we came through Birmingham (that’s in Alabama, if’n yuh didn’t know). I could see the trail, but for the life of me couldn’t see the signs. I just had to follow my instincts. Annie, tryin’ to help, looked at ol’ sol and then for several minutes afterward all she could see was pink balloons floating in her eyes. Worried her a mite. But here’s what I got from it. The Bible says that Jesus will the light of heaven, we will abide in the city where the Lamb is the light. Now, it also says that we shall see Him face to face, we shall look upon Him. My, one of those mysteries. I know that we will have a new body, that means new eyes as well. It’s one of those things that makes me ponder the greatest of our Lord. One of the things that makes me realize that I understand very little of His wonder and awe.
Well, yuh ponder that some this week. I’ll try an’ be back to normal–whatever that is. See yuh next time, that is unless yuh forget to check yur cinch and fall off.
Vaya con Dios.