Sunday, March 23, 2008

Happy Easter!

Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another obscure village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty, and then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office.

He never owned a home. He never set foot inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place where He was born. He had no credentials but Himself.

While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him. His friends ran away. One of them denied Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves.

His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth while He was dying -- and that was His coat. When He was dead, He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen wide centuries have come and gone and today He is the centerpiece of the human race and the leader of progress. I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as that One Solitary Life.


by James A. Francis

8 Comments:

At 3/23/2008 5:53 PM, Blogger Pam said...

And Amen.
Happy Easter!
:-)

 
At 3/24/2008 11:06 AM, Blogger tweetey30 said...

Happy Belated Easter to you guys. Am looking forward to our visit.

 
At 3/24/2008 9:16 PM, Blogger Gardenia said...

Well said - good post! Hope your Easter was good - mine was odd, but good.

 
At 3/25/2008 8:33 AM, Blogger Jeannie said...

Yet according to many - he never existed at all.

 
At 3/26/2008 7:58 PM, Blogger Squirl said...

Happy Belated Easter!

 
At 3/27/2008 1:17 PM, Blogger Cherie said...

Always good to re-read this. Thanks!

Hope it went well for all of you.

 
At 3/27/2008 3:49 PM, Blogger C said...

Happy Belated Easter! I hope the weather starts agreeing with the date soon! Is it cold there, too? I'm ready for Summer!!!

 
At 3/29/2008 3:03 PM, Blogger La Cremiere said...

This is a gorgeous story, we all know it, but it is important to be reminded sometimes. At first, for a second, I though you were talking about a neighbour... He is our Neighbour isn't He?Happy Easter

 

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