She Offered to Hold My Hand

A senior woman who was living in a hotel nearby to where my Dad lay in his bed dying knew I had driven a very long way to be there with him at the end of his life and would be staying in the same hotel during that season.

She also knew that like herself I am a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.

She did not invite me to church, quote a bunch of Bible verses, give me a greeting card to comfort me, give me a talk  about heaven, etc., though any of that would have been a fine blessing.

She simply an...