Memories
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Last week my uncle Earl went home to glory. He was 87. The last time I saw him was at my father’s funeral in 2006. Now, I did have the best of intentions to catch up with him and my aunt when we were back in the states last year but you know how that goes. Now it is too late. Yes, I have some real fond memories of my uncle Earl which I will not write about in this present blog but there is that one memory which I wish I could forget and that is my neglect to call him in 2014. I guess what I am trying to say is, do not put off contacting that person that is on your mind today for tomorrow may be too late.
Iowa truly is a down to earth type of state. Country is Iowa and Iowa is country. Farms with corn and bean fields as far as the eye can see. Some have told me it was a boring place to drive through on I80 but for me it has precious memories. The smell of fresh mowed hay and the feel of good ole Iowa dirt beneath the bare souls of the feet. I guess wherever one has been reared as a child holds precious memories but for me it is Iowa!
Forty-nine years! That sounds like a long time ago, especially to someone like my six year old grandson. On the other hand to me it almost seems like yesterday. Forty-nine years ago I graduated from Ottumwa High School, Ottumwa, Iowa. Yes, next year it will be FIFTY! Well, what brought on this nostalgic walk down memory lane? Almost every day I read the home town newspaper the Ottumwa Courier online. I kiddingly tell my wife I do this to see if my name is in the obituary column.
In today’s edition was a photo of the 2012 graduating class and what a rush of memories that flooded forth as I recollected that day when I graduated. What a day! A lot has transpired in this world and in my world since that high school graduation. However forty-nine years is nothing compared to eternity! The Old Testament prophet Isaiah tells us “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones” Isaiah 57:15.
Nevertheless, we live in the present, the here and now, called time, of which the New Testament writer James tells us “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away” 4:14. Forty-nine years is a long time but it is also a very short time compared to eternity! Whatyareckon?
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