Reference

It*s been awhile since I have served as a reference for someone.  Now that I am not in a job search of my own, it seems fitting somehow that I should be called as a reference for someone else.  This is not a small job.  Even as I say this I realize I believe there are no small jobs.  Even as I say this, my job this morning is to answer the phone between 10 and noon and speak the truth as I know it. Then my job will be to pray for all involved.  For All Involved.  

Today I will answer the phone

Between 10 and noon,

Have a conversation

With a man I do not know

About someone I do know.

The conversation

Matters a lot

To both men

and more.

It matters

A lot.

Still

I am simply one person.

There will be many involved

In final conversations

And decisions.

I am simply

One person

Who will answer the phone

Between 10 and noon

Today.

I will speak the truth

As I know it.

I will watch and listen and pray

As the conversation ripples out

Beyond me

After noon today.