Saturday, April 23, 2011
THE MAGIC OF THREE DAYS
-- by Patt Barnes
April 23, 2011
It was a beautiful spring day, and a sense of peace stayed with me as
I left the cathedral on Easter Monday morning. I paused for a moment
on top of the steps leading to the avenue, now crowded with people
rushing
to their jobs. Sitting in her usual place inside a small archway was
the old flower lady. At her feet, corsages and boutonnieres were
parading on top of a spread-open newspaper.
The flower lady was smiling, her wrinkled old face alive with some
inner joy. I started down the stairs--then on an impulse, turned and
picked out a flower.
As I put it in my lapel, I said, "You look happy."
"Why not?' she answered. "Everything is good."
She was dressed so shabbily and seemed so very old that her reply
started me. "You've been sitting here for many years now, haven't you?
And always smiling. You wear your troubles well."
"You can't reach my age and not have troubles," she replied. "only
it's like Jesus and Good Friday...." She paused for a moment.
"Yes?" I prompted
"Well, when Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, that was the worst day
for the whole world. When I get troubles I remember that, and then I
think of what happened only three days later-Easter and our Lord rose
from the dead. So when things go wrong, I've learned to wait days and
somehow everything gets much better."
She smiled good-bye, but her words still follow me whenever I think I
have troubles... "Give God a chance to help...wait three days."
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THE MAGICC OF THREE DAYS
I
left the cathedral on Easter Monday morning. I paused for a moment on
top of the steps leading to the avenue, now crowded with people
rushing
to their jobs. Sitting in her usual place inside a small archway was
the
old flower lady. At her feet, corsages and boutonnieres were parading
on
top of a spread-open newspaper.
The flower lady was smiling, her wrinkled old face alive with some
inner
joy. I started down the stairs--then on an impulse, turned and picked
out a flower.
As I put it in my lapel, I said, "You look happy."
"Why not?' she answered. "Everything is good."
She was dressed so shabbily and seemed so very old that her reply
started me. "You've been sitting here for many years now, haven't you?
And always smiling. You wear your troubles well."
"You can't reach my age and not have troubles," she replied. "only
it's
like Jesus and Good Friday...." She paused for a moment.
"Yes?" I prompted
"Well, when Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, that was the worst day
for the whole world. When I get troubles I remember that, and then I
think of what happened only three days later-Easter and our Lord rose
from the dead. So when things go wrong, I've learned to wait days and
somehow everything gets much better."
She smiled good-bye, but her words still follow me whenever I think I
have troubles... "Give God a chance to help...wait three days."
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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