One Solitary Life

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[Liz]

Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.

He never owned a home. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family. He never went to college. He never put His foot inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place He was born. He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. 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. While He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth – His coat. When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen long centuries have come and gone, and today He is a centerpiece of the human race and leader of the column of progress.

I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navys that were ever built; 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 has that one solitary life.

[Liz]

....all the armies that ever marched, all the navys that were ever built; 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 has that one solitary life.....

[jjm2111]

Happy Easter bump.

[Guyin4Os]

I think Egypt is more than 200 miles away from his home.

[Liz]

Nice try but not funny....at all.

[Liz]

Happy Easter.

[jeeperz]

Liz - I got this message on a Christmas Card several years ago. I saved it and every then and again I sit down and read it again. It makes many thing so clear in a time when so many things overwhelm us. I appreciate seeing this again today. Thank you!

[Search4Truth]

I was not trying to be disrespectful; was just playing along with the game of Guess Who for Easter.

[Scenic Sounds]

Thank you for posting this and for posting this today.

[freemama]

Here's an Amen bump.
God bless you this Easter!

[Paul_B]

Thanks, Liz. A blessed Ressurrection Sunday - everyday - to all.

[Cedric]

Thanks, Liz.

[Consort]

Me too. I was guessing Al Sharpton at first.

[Liz]

A most happy, blessed Easter to you and yours.

[Liz]

You are very welcome. Happy Easter.

[Liz]

A most blessed and happy Easter to you.