CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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CityViewNC.com | 9 On another day, the Angel of the Lord returned to me, and he said, "Well done, good and faithful servant. e rainbow is nearly complete in its bril- liance, and God has need of it at some place in the sky where you will not be able to see it." I took the rainbow from its place in my pocket and at the direc- tion of the Angel of the Lord, I cast it up into the sky. And away it went, for some unknown part of the world to see. Just as I began to feel the hollowness of the empty pocket where my rainbow had lived, the Angel of the Lord came to me a third time. He said to me, in his gentlest voice, "You have always known, faithful child, that there is no pot of gold. But I tell you today, that in your heart, there has been placed a treasure that no king can match and no man can steal. It is the richness gained from your nurturing of one of God's rainbows. at treasure will be with you always, even to the ends of the earth." As the Angel le me for the last time, and as I watched him ascend toward the heaven, a great and beautiful rainbow filled the sky, lighting the way for the Angel's return. As I marveled at the beauty of it all, just between the indigo and the violet, the rainbow winked at me. And I knew that it was mine. When our daughter had gone to the beach for graduation weekend, I gathered up our littlest guy (almost taller than his mom) to make an effort to start squeezing the marrow from his and my remaining time. We saw a Marvel movie, ate ice cream and bought some video game he could not live without. All the while, a far-off tropical storm caused rain and wind and clouds to dominate the weather of that day. We crossed the river bridge on the way home just as the clouds parted and the rays cut through the bluish openings. We both knew what was to follow. And then, there it was. e rainbow. Lit- tle Man said of it what I could only think and choke back: "ere's Maggie!" CV FDIC INSURED REGISTER NOW! 910-678-8432 www.faytechcc.edu/continuing-education Barbering CATV/ Communication Cabling EMT-Paramedic Welding Technology (Mig, Tig, Stk, & Oxy) Prepare to Get Certified at FTCC! Now offering courses that prepare you to become certified in the following areas!