Speak to Me

After work, I went to a visitation for a colleague who died on Friday after suffering from cancer. On the way to the funeral home, the rain came down hard and fast--it was difficult to see further than a few car lengths. When started toward home, the rain had stopped and the clouds had drifted. As I neared Henderson Street, a grey van pulled out down the lane and I could tell from the writing on the side, in Spanish, that it was a church vehicle. There was a verse on the back of the van in big black letters: "Mas el justo por la fe vivira." I knew it said something about life, faith and the just. The reference was Romans 1:17. So, at a stop light I pulled out my car Bible and found the verse: "but the righteous will live by faith." The van was in front of me for a little while longer and I kept looking at the verse--marking the space between life and death, knowing that the Word was there for me, and hoping to see its manifestation in my life.