Sure thing – The Boss meets Q once again
- Hi Q
- Hi Boss …… What brings you here?
The Boss sighs.
- Ah…. You know I have so many people around me chronically ill…. Not just old people – which is bad enough … but younger ones… their suffering gests to me.
- Hmm.
- And this dos various things to me…. Causes me to despair… to weep…. To doubt about God and creation…
- Ahhh.
- Yes, Ahhh…. And I know that when I have a spiritual moment everything makes sense …. And I can mostly hang on to the memory of that sense making…
- But?
- But in that moment of despair I feel things are not fair; it’s not just and I struggle to live with it…
The Boss sighs deeply. Q feels put on the spot by what the Boss has shared with him. He knows that any trite simplistic response will be rejected angrily. But what can he say?
- I do hear you.
- Thanks.
- It’s a difficult place to be.
The Boss nods vigorously.
- I God with you in this?
- Hmm… I don’t know…. (The Boss weeps)…. Maybe so…
He weeps some more and lets out a painful sigh. Q stays with him and the Boss feels his presence and somehow is comforted.
- Q your presence with me allows God to be present to me… just like in holy places God can be present… Thank you.
Q nods in recognition.
- You’re welcome.
- Now what about that cup of tea you usually offer me?
Q smiles.
- Sure thing.
Tuesday 21 July 2020
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