The Official Order

"Kinda makes you want to jump and run, doesn't it?" John asked.

"You, too?" I asked surprised, "I had never noticed the beauty of creation before I met that strange little man in my prison back at Rome."

"I suppose this is quite the adventure for you, isn't it Michael?" He asked.

"That's an understatement. To think that God would choose me out of all the people available who could have done a better job at this than I have; it's just too much for my little mind to fathom," I said.

"I felt that way, too. I was happy being a just being a fisherman. When Jesus invited my brother and me to follow him, I really didn't know what to expect, but when he looked into my eyes; I can't explain it; it was as if my whole life changed in that one glance," John explained excitedly.

"That's what Simeon said," I said.

"You mean the man who carried the cross for the Master?" He asked.

"He mentioned something about helping him with a load he was carrying; so yes, that had to be it," I said.

"Did you get to speak with him at length?" He asked.

"Long enough to know the look Jesus gave him changed his life from the day he met him," I answered.

"What else did he say? Did the Master say anything to him that day?" He asked excitedly, like a curious child.