Johnson's Bench

October 11

We call it Johnson’s Bench. It sits in a cemetery and inscribed on its stone face
is a poem.
“Sit ye here at sunset and dusk
Far from the maddening crowd
With this peaceful tranquility
Commune with God.”

And that is what Joy and I do. In the fall the valley below becomes a sea of colors and then shadows as the sun sets behind a ridge. Thank you Mr. Johnson for providing this bench. The markers record the passage of human time while the trees indicate the change of the seasons.

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.”
(Matthew 24:35)