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Thursday, 8 January 2015

Greatness [ Daniel 4 ]

I am reading a book bought to me as a Christmas present called ,/The Churchill factor/,written by Boris Johnson,it is enjoyable and easy to read.
No doubt Churchill was a great man,a one of personality,whom God raised up,as to his spiritual position I leave that with God.I mention that he was great man,but he was a man a flawed individual,who suffered from times of deep depression,which he called his black dog days. The greatness of any human being is a flawed greatness be it Churchill or whoever,I could mention the flaws of many so called great men,but I wont.
    Let us consider Louis the 14th of France,known as the Sun King,who built that wonderful palace of Versailles,he wanted to be remembered as the
greatest French king ever.So he stipulated that at his funeral service in Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris,all would be darkened except the one candle on his casket at the front.But when Jean-Baptiste Massillon the preacher got up to give the funeral oration,he walked over to the casket and snuffed out the light. With that he commenced his message with the words,'Only God
is great.Only God is great.
                                               A prayer.
Dear God we thank You for raising up Churchill,at a time of great need,in this world,but we turn our eyes from him and  to You,and declare that only You are truly Great. Amen .

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