This day's chosen entry for our journal was from Jerry who gave me too much credit for being a good wife, but it would embarrass me to print it here, so I am going to select a journal entry which honors a woman who was my best friend, while alive, and whom I miss very much. She had a wonderful gift of always making the person with whom she was talking to talk about themselves, and she very, very rarely spoke about herself or her own family, unless asked. Her name was Lucetta Nelson and we all called her Lu.
The journal entry was for June 6, 2006 and came from Ecclesiastes 3:9, reading, "In the end, does it really make a difference what anyone does?" "This verse from Ecclesiastes makes me want to confront Solomon, the writer. King Solomon was too wise, too rich, and too bored with life to appreciate what God offers us--a new start every day. So, my answer to his question is, "Yes! It does make a difference what we do! And my long-gone friend would agree."
"Lu Nelson is a woman of my past. It's a fact that we won't see her warm smile and hear her quick laugh anymore, but we'll remember it and be thankful that we were privileged to ever know it. It's a fact that we won't be able to share a joke or a memory of our sons and daughters as they were growing up, but we will remember! It's a fact that I won't ever again receive her warm hug, but I'll remember! Nor can I share a recipe or garden advice. But, I won't regret a single day of knowing and loving her. I have all this, and much, much more to remember. I'll especially remember how she was able to get others talking about themselves. She could keep a person really enjoying themselves, as they would have forgotten entirely to ask her what she had been up to! But they had a great time without realizing why.
"Now I often visualize with love and humor her meeting Jesus face to face. I'll bet she is the first one to ever say to Him, "Well, God, how are you doing?"
I will forever miss her, and will look for her the day I, too, enter Heaven.
Jo INMN
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