Unexpected Joy

I frequent www.trekbbs.com and there is this poster there, J. Allen and he's a priest. The way he talks about his faith reminds me of my Grandpa. We had a footwashing thread, he wanted to start one, and here's what he said to me:


J. Allen kneels down, and taking a soft sponge from a basin of warm water, gently washes AstroDee's feet, and says a small prayer. "Our hearts become troubled at the sight of evil. When people do wrong, it burns within us to change that wrong and make it right. That good will overcome the fiery darts that are thrown at us. Lord, I pray your protection and defense, when those that fight for good are attacked in return. Amen."AstroDee, you have a strong heart that seeks good. Use it to comfort those who are less fortunate, to give hope to those that seek it. Even in hearts of stone, a cinder smolders, turn that smoldering cinder into a roaring conflagration, making the dark known, and those that are cold, warm again.-J.


I was really moved. Huh, who knew you could be moved by people that you've never met in person?