Strange and wonderful

Yesterday, and mind you I have been practicing prayer and meditation and seeking God for over 35 years now...yesterday, I lost my temper in a big way and yelled and carried on like I haven' t done in a long, long time. Why? Because someone I know who simply cannot act responsibly, did not act responsibly. It's like that story of the animal giving the scorpion a ride across the river and then being shocked when it stings him. BIG suprise!
Well of course I apologized and tried to let it go...but being an egotist, I have a hard time when the shallowness of my ramshackle spirituality is shoved in my face, and yesterday was no exception.
So, God being God, I was given a dream. It was about me struggling up a mountain, handicapped by having only one eye left, one peg leg (yes, peg leg!), and a crutch, not to mention it was raining and all.
Well before I got to the top, someone sat down beside me and said, "Here, let me help you."
"I'm fine!" I snapped. "I just need to rest."
My companion ignored me and took off my eyepatch, and then took off the pegleg. Turns out, I wasn't blind in one eye, and for some bizarre reason, the pegleg had been attached to my knee, beyond which was a perfectly good leg.
I don't have to tell you who my companion was, do I?
I think God laughs at me all the time, and when I am in fit spiritual condition, so do I.
Thanks, God.

He is Risen!

Alleluia! He is risen indeed.
This was a very low key Easter for me, but no less joyful. I have always found Easter a good time to look back with an eye towards the next step forward. I have a big one coming - retirement. I pray that God will raise me up to new service.