Just a thought by coppi

Gal 6:3 – For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Heb 13:2 – Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

I was early for church yesterday morning so I decided to drink a cup of coffee & sit down for a brief few minutes on that comfortable looking couch where no one was sitting.  Just as I got comfortable & was reading emails on my iPhone, I noticed a man who looked as though he had climbed out of a gutter approaching my solitary domain.  I wondered to myself should I get up & leave, but then I thought how rude that would be.  So I stayed hoping he would drink his coffee & not say anything to me.  Wrong, first he started with very complimentary words & I thanked him.  Then for the next fifteen or so minutes, he reminisced about his life.  He was married twice – one for 50 years the other 30 years.  That didn’t make since as he would have been 80 years married & he wasn’t that old.  He rambled on & on about his wonderful marriages & his lovely wives.  He seemed to have lost himself in his memories.  Finally, it was time for church so I got up & extended my hand & introduced myself to him & left him with his memories.  As I was walking toward the sanctuary I noted another man who was evidently watching us, he made a motion with his hands that indicated the person I was speaking to talked too much.  Maybe, maybe not…we don’t know what might have happened in his life to cause him to be homeless & hopeless.  I don’t know but what I do know, his memories of a life filled with love, happiness, & joy, kept him going.  Memories- what would we do without them.