The man who cannot forget.

Mr. Jensen is an 80-year-old widower. His wife just died two weeks ago and he can still remember the days they spent together. Every moments that they shared, every laughter, problems they've faced and overcame. He was really close to his wife despite some of their misunderstandings, and arguments. They loved each other very dearly. Both of them are close to God, maybe that's why their love is really strong; because the foundation that they have is an unfailing love from Christ Jesus.

Every Sunday, they would go to church together. They would choose clothes for one another and they would laugh when at times the clothes they picked are bizarre. They really loved it when they are together at church, and what is really admirable about them is. that they know that they love God more that they love each other.

One Sunday morning, two weeks from when Mrs. Jensen have passed away and went back to her Creator, Mr. Jensen prepared himself for a very unusual Sunday that he has to bear from that day on. He choose the clothes that was really attached to him. That day, he chose to wear his wedding suit. It's really amazing that it fits him as perfectly as before. He felt that he was preparing for his wedding again.

On his way to the church he passed by one of the park that they used to go to just to sit around and breathe some fresh air. They would watch the birds come and go to fetch bits of bread, the children as they run around and the families as they eat together for picnic. But the park seems so empty that day; probably because their are no people around because of church, or because he knows that he can sit there and yet know that he will never see his wife again. But he shakes the feeling off because he knows that his wife is now with God.

Mr. Jensen moved along after a few minutes he spent at the park. He was near the block where the church was located and a few steps away from the church was the music store they used to go to just to admire instruments and records that they haven't been able to afford. They would play piano there and they were really grateful about the store manager because he is allowing them to use the instruments, including the guitar that his wife really admired the moment she laid her eyes on it. The guitar has a rose gold-colored body and the neck is painted black, and the head was finished with a simple rose design that really complimented the color of the body. It was majestic and really admirable that Mrs. Jensen wanted to buy it someday.

When Mr. Jensen found out about the guitar, he immediately planned on how he can raise the money for his gift to his wife. He then asked the store manager for the price and asked him a favor to reserve it until he raised the money to pay for it. Mr. Jensen was really dedicated to buy his wife the guitar. So now that he raised the amount he needed, he went to the shop for a quick look and though it's too late, he bought it just as he promised to the store manager.

Carrying the guitar, Mr. Jensen walked to the church. And on the church millions and millions of memories have flashed before his mind. It was mixed memories both of joy, sadness, struggles, and most of it was from the memories he made with his wife.

He sat on the usual spot they would go to. But now it was only him and no one to sit with. He really misses his wife. But then again, once he look up to what God has promised he will feel this amazing sense of relief, that at least now Mrs. Jensen is with her Savior and Creator.

The service went well and the preaching was actually hitting Mr. Jensen hard. It's about Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

The feeling that Mr. Jensen was really painful and he was really burdened by how his wife had suffered because of his pride. And because of that a really depressing memory popped into his mind. The afternoon where the greatest mistake he has made, occur. The argument that had caused Mrs. Jensen to go out of the house and to think that the argument was because of Mr. Jensen and his TV shows. It was really a little thing to fight about but then again something little can grow big and just burst out. While outside of the house, Mrs. Jensen wandered around to find some place to just relax and clear her mind, but that's when the most tragic thing that could happen to Mrs. Jensen took place. At an intersection where the park was near, Mrs. Jensen got hit by a truck. Someone else saw the tragedy and went to call an ambulance. By the time Mr. Jensen heard the news, his wife was in the ICU and was actually half-dead. The truck was never been found because it ran off like nothing had happened.

When Mr. Jensen heard about what happened to his wife he quickly went to the hospital that his wife was sent to. He was really panicked about the event that had occur because of his stupid pride. When he finally arrived at the room where his half-dead, half-sleeping wife was staying he burst into tears and said "Here is the man who cannot forget how much he loves the woman who is now sleeping."

He wants Mrs. Jensen to stay, but at the same time, he wants the will of the Lord to happen. He prayed for his wife, he battled in prayer for the love of his life, but not all the time God will say yes to us. God can answer with a yes, a no, that means He has something better, and wait, which means He is preparing for the best.

Few days later while he was with his wife at the hospital, the unforeseen had happened. His wife died, he wants to cry but at the same time he wants to smile because he knows that she will be with God. His wife died, and yet, she was still the most gorgeous being he could ever imagine. A woman of God has now came back to the God-of-angel-armies. That's the most amazing thought he could think of. Flashes of memories came down; the time when he first met the most amazing girl in town, the time when he first dated the girl destined for him, the time when they got to go to church together, and the time they went to church but that time it was their wedding. He could be mourning, he could be crying with sorrow, and he could blame God for what had happened. But Mr. Jensen was different because God is within him.

"So now I tell you, don't be troubled by the situation you are in for everything that is happening to you will be a great story that you will share to others." says the preacher for that service. "Just trust His ways, it may be unfathomable, yet His ways will be the most amazing thing that can guide you all your days on earth." That's when Mr. Jensen came to reflect that he has become a stronger person because he knows that God is with him. That though challenges arise he will always look up to the plans the Lord has promised.

After the service, Mr. Jensen went along to walk just for a few minutes to the park. He wants to see the people around it just for short moments. Right after that he went home and prepared a meal for himself. He prayed to God and thanked Him. He ate with joyful tears streaming out of his eyes because of the memories that has really shaped him to be a greater person.

When he was done eating he took the rose-gold guitar and placed it on his lap. He caress it as if he was touching his wife and said, "Look Veronica, the guitar you wanted. I will play it for you and for God. Hope I can reach you through the songs we used to sing." Mr. Jensen played it, day after day after day. He would sing his heart out and sometimes make himself laugh because of his voice that was not so pleasing to hear. Yet he still continued, having no care of what will others think of him.

The night before Mr. Jensen's birthday, he slept and didn't woke up again. He was in a great sound sleep. He was smiling and was holding the guitar that made him really comforted in the midst of struggling moments.