Saturday, December 23, 2006

Reflections on One Solitary Life


The best thing about Christmastime is that it is an annual reminder of the real reason for the season, Jesus Christ and His incarnation, God becoming man, and His on-going profound influence and impact on the world. It is not the getting or the giving gifts, it is not the Christmas tree or Chrismas carols.

I received an email from Sara Ballenger who wrote, “This (following) poem reminds us of the One who truly has all power in His Hands . . . the One who was born in a tiny manger, in a city called Bethlehem, over 2000 years ago.

“Our prayer for you this Christmas is that you, too, would come to know the Power greater than ourselves -- our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ -- whose shed Blood cleanses us, delivers us, and sets us free from all sin. May He bless and keep each of you, now and always. Amen!”

Ditto from me.


One Solitary Life


He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter's 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 had a family.

He never traveled more than two hundred miles from the place where He was born.

He never did any of the things that usually accompany greatness.

He had no credentials but Himself.

While He was still a young man, the tide of public opinion turned against Him. His friends ran away. He was turned over to His enemies and went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. While He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth, and that was His coat. When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the kindness of a friend.

Nearly twenty centuries have come and gone, and today, He is still the central figure of the human race and the leader of mankind's progress.

I am far within the mark when I say that:

all the armies that have ever marched,

all the navies that have ever sailed,

all the parliaments that have ever sat,

and all the kings that have ever reigned,

all put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as much as that

One Solitary Life

- Anonymous –

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