"The road is hard, and it requires rest...quietness and confidence. I am going to make it to the very end. I know this because the Bible says that He who began a good work in me will complete it. Someday the road will end...Let us follow along behind looking to the hills as a place our help comes from, not as a place to fight or fix." (Cindy Rollins, Beyond Mere Motherhood)
Cindy wrote those words in her tribute to our mutual friend Lynn Bruce, but I'm drawing on them today in remembrance of my dearest husband Bryan, "Mr. Fixit," who passed away suddenly two weeks ago. We had a long, wonderful life together, and there isn't much more to say here except that the Treehouse seems very empty.
When our girls were younger, we had a Judy Rogers music tape called Pilgrim's Praise, based on Pilgrim's Progress. One of the songs was Christian's tribute to his friend Faithful. That's also who Bryan was to me: not only a husband, but a brother-in-Christ and a best friend.
As I traveled on my journey, few and far between, were the pilgrims I found faithful to their loving King.Soon I overtook a young man walking in the way, and I could see within his eyes that he was there to stay.He was faithful as a brother, he was faithful as a friend,Looking for a lasting City, faithful to the end.Even when the road grew rugged, and the sky turned black, trusting in his King he had no thought of turning back.In the midst of persecution with his dying breath, magnified the One Who kept him faithful unto death.He was faithful as a brother, he was faithful as a friend,Looking for a lasting City, faithful to the end.Looking for a lasting City, faithful to the end.© 1988 Judy Rogers.
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