The history of the surrounding valleys…

 The history of the surrounding valleys…

There are stories here…people who have lived lives in the surrounding valleys, “pre-environmentalists”, teachers, pastor’s wives, geotechers,etc…the problem is some can’t remember past their title…

I sat with one woman who has the sweetest countenance, she could tell me her name and what her husband had done, but no further…he had been a pastor of a well known missionary church all of his life…I thought,I could really glean some wisdom from this woman, but, alas, when pressed further about their adventures…all she could say was the same thing over and over…if you have a story to tell, wisdom to impart, write it down!

Another owned a concrete company that built here years ago…but his history seems a bit distorted…

Others I have met have been , for various reasons, hard to talk to…silence, can’t hear, don’t talk at all, language barriers…

A lot of history has been lost as these fall further and further behind a wall of non verbal….

The ones I work with in the rehab section all have a goal of getting out and going on with life…they laugh and joke, work hard, tell stories, give each other and the therapists a bad time…

This truly is a lesson in Ecclesiastes…thank YOU…

 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth,before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say,“I find no pleasure in them”— before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark,and the clouds return after the rain; 

when the keepers of the house tremble,

and the strong men stoop,

when the grinders cease because they are few,

and those looking through the windows grow dim; when the doors to the street are closed and the sound of grinding fades;when people rise up at the sound of birds,but all their songs grow faint; when people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets;when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags itself along and desire no longer is stirred.Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets. Remember him—before the silver cord is severed,and the golden bowl is broken;before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,and the wheel broken at the well, and the dust returns to the ground it came from,and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

 Eccl.12.1-7

Condfidence

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