Time to Adore

Ruth Bell Graham, Billy Graham's wife. A name that's on the books that I purchased. Someone whom I look up to. A website which I will often pop by to seek help. The legacy that she left behind is one who has my utmost respect. Somehow, I have yet met her, known her or even heard her speak but there's this missing feeling within me. Her poem.

And when I die
I hope my soul ascends
slowly, so that I
may watch the earth
receding out of sight,
its vastness growing
smaller as I rise,
savoring its recession
with delight.
Anticipating joy
is itself a joy
And joy unspeakable
and full of glory
needs more than
"in a twinkling of an eye,"
more than "in a moment."
Lord, who am I to disagree?
It's only we
have much to leave behind;
so much... Before.
These moments
of transition
will, for me, be
time to adore

Ruth Bell Graham