The VIP & His Last Minute Trip

   Once upon a time, in the Midwestern USA, there was a VIP, and this VIP had an important trip to make. He was taking on a new job, and it was very important that he serve. He strolled his home town, he caught up with his friends, and packed his bags, it was soon time to leave, but not yet. He decided, that he just had to see his step mom yet. She was a widow and lived in a little cabin south of him. He visited her, and they shared their memories, he wrapped his arm around her and her rocker all at once. For, the VIP was tall, and his arm was long, and strong. They spent a good deal of time together, and it was good for them both. However, eventually, the time came for the VIP to leave, tears were shed, and his step mom was especially sorrowful, for, she said, "This is the last time I will ever see you alive." To which, he responded, "Oh no, surely it can't be so." However, the VIP was wrong, he was leaving for an important work, in Washington DC, and he would die there. The VIP was Abraham Lincoln. 

  

  So, how important is your work, your ministry? No matter how serious it is and no matter how much pressure is weighing you down, the relationships you have with other people made in the image of God is more important, so, when the Lord touches you, and reminds you of someone, maybe it would do you well to listen? 

P.S. In history, there is a spine, which is provable, and has historical facts and event times nailed down, IE d-day, battle of Gettysburg etc. However, attached to this spine are the ribs of history, which are just as true, much more personable and profound, and yet the details of the ribs are hazy, and in those hazy details, I take liberties to write what I believe to have happened, based on my understanding of the source material I have. I have good reason to believe that this last visit to President Lincoln's step mom did happen, and here is my source material: The Lincoln Conspiracy 

-Loren