McCain Ranch: “Lord, What Have I Done?”

by David Safier

McCain Ranch
I saw you in a dream last night. You were talking, but your parched, cracked voice was faint, your words indistinct, like you were struggling to contact me over a great distance.

Your sunken eyes beckoned me closer. I leaned forward. You said, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

You began to fade away, your voice faint as the wind. I barely heard your last words: “Matthew 16:26.”

I woke up in a sweat, searched for my neglected Bible. There,in Matthew 16:26, were Jesus’ words: “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

Oh Lord, what have I done?


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