NO GREATER LOVE...

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There is a story often told around campfires and in the more sterile atmosphere of church classrooms and from pulpits. It is an oft repeated tale because there is so much spiritual muscle in it.

Once…on the border of the Empire of Cyrus there lived a great chieftain called Cagular who destroyed great detachments of the army of Cyrus.

Finally the emperor massed a great army that marched down and defeated Cagular and all his forces,

After his defeat, Cagular, his noble wife and two children stood in the court of Cyrus awaiting sentences.

The emperor began to question this tall stately man who had made war on his forces.

“Cagular,” he asked, “What would you do if I spared your life?”

“Your majesty.” He replied, “If you spared my life I would return to my home and remain your obedient servant for the rest of my life.”

“And what,” queried the ruler, “would you do if I spared the lives of your children?”

Instantly Cagular said, “If you spared the lives of my children I would gather my scattered horde, place your banner above their heads and lead them to victory for you on any field.”

The Emperor was impressed and so finally he asked, “And what Cagular, would you do if I spared the life of your wife?”

“Cagular drew himself up to his full six feet of manhood and replied, “For that sir, I would die for you.”

So moved was the emperor that he freed them all and returned Cagular to his province there to act as governor thereof.

As Cagular and his wife made their way back to their home he turned to her and said, “Did you notice the marble at the entrance to the palace…the different colors matching with one another and the figures carved so perfectly?”

“No,” was her simple reply, “I did not notice.”

“Well, certainly you noticed the tapesty on the walls as we went down the corridor into the throne room?”

“No, I did not notice.”

“Well,” Cagular asked, “What in heavens name did you notice?”

At this question, his wife looked up into his eyes with all the love a woman can have for a man and said, “I will tell you, my husband, what I noticed. I noticed the man who said he would die for me.”

Commitment. Love. Devotion. To the Lord who linked with prophecy by the manger miracle.

Who gave new meaning to the herenow and the hereafter,

Who made the cross once a symbol of shame and symbol of heavenly sacrifice.

And we are asked to live for Christ…few us ever being asked to die for Christ…

O Lord of hosts, blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving]! Psalm 84: 12

Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed. Proverbs 16: 3

We love Him because He first loved us (1 Jn. 4:19).
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Three of Neil’s books are still afailable on amazon.com. THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN, RUST ON MY SOUL and POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC FOR THE 20TH CENTURY (Written as if Ben Franklin had come back to life in the 20th Century and wrote yet another Almanac)