Pastor Zach introduced me to her because she
Was a widow,
A very recent one.
For once I took my own advice.
I gave her a hug and just listened.
The officer had knocked on her door
With the heart stopping news.
Her healthy husband who rode his bike to
Work had died of a heart attack.
The devastated woman has no children and
Her husband was her best friend.
Her day began when he came home at
Night and she greeted him at the door.
She is dreadfully lonely in her
Empty house.
She quietly wept as she asked me,
"Why did God take him?
Why?"
I had no wise words or explanations.
I locked eyes with her and said, "I don't know.
I just don't know."
I did assure her that God had not abandoned her, but
She can't quite believe it,
Not yet.