Living and Loving
The night of her dad’s visitation, they came home from the funeral home to several beautiful flowers on the steps. As they were carrying them in, they both heard the clock on the porch chime about twelve times. They went out (somewhat in shock) to see why this clock chimed after 20 years of not working.
The pendulum wasn’t moving, but the clock chimed.
They knew neither of them had bumped it.
They also knew this broken clock’s chiming was a message from him!
Ferdinand was born in April, 1906. His father bought a beautiful mantel clock to celebrate the birth of his first child. This clock took place of honor in the family home, unobtrusively marking the hours. It followed Ferdinand to his marriage home where the clock continued to serve the household.
Our Dad, Ferdinand, was a quietly spiritual man, unobtrusively going about his days living out the teachings of Jesus. We three kids and a flock of grandkids learned from his quiet example how to live our lives.
In January, 1979, Ferdinand went to his well-deserved eternal reward. Less than a week later the clock stopped working. No clockmaker has been able to successfully mend it. But it is still cherished.
We’re still learning from him.
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
~ from Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
(Ferdinand’s Clock was written and submitted to Sacred Stories by Barbara Darling.)