“Well done, good and faithful servant”*

by chuckofish

Yes, I am back from the Holy Land in one piece! The OM did not burn the house down and he was actually waiting for me inside the airport when I arrived.

I do want to thank wonderful daughters # 1 and 2 and DN (!) for writing fabulous blogposts while I was gone. They were great to read from the other side of the world.

I have much to tell, but today I wanted to acknowledge the passing of old 41, President George Herbert Walker Bush.

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He was my kind of guy, a good and decent man who served others as a child of God. He was a devoted family man and churchman (Episcopalian.) There aren’t many like him around any more I’m afraid. I enjoyed watching his memorial service at the Washington Cathedral when I came home from the airport on Wednesday morning after a grueling trip home.

I love the story that his good friend James Baker told about the day he died. When Baker arrived in his room, President Bush said, “Hey, Bake, where’re we going today?” And Baker said, “We’re going to heaven.” and George said, “Good, that’s where I want to go.”

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)

Into paradise may the angels lead thee; and at thy coming may the martyrs receive thee, and bring thee into the holy city Jerusalem.

*Matthew 25:23