Simeon Monologue

Tonight at church I read this monologue I wrote from the perspective of Simeon from the book of Luke. I hope it's a blessing to you. I remember everything about that day. It was just any other day. It’s one that I had experienced many times before, but this time was different. You would think at my age I would have done and seen it all, but never had I seen this. I entered the temple, just like I had hundreds or thousands of times before. Some would say I spent most of my time there, but where else should an old man wait for the Messiah? It had been been a long time since I had heard that word from the Lord. The word that I would live long enough to see the Messiah. It had been long enough that I had was wondering if I was maybe beginning to doubt. But nevertheless I went to the temple like I had so many times before. There was a large strapping Jewish man, with a smile as wide as the Eastern Gates. He seemed to be a friend to everyone he saw, and ever