It Took a Banker to Show me what Jesus Was Talking About
Avoiding The Sales Talk Sledgehammers There is a saying that when all you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The underlying idea is that .....
...... the scene. In the interim two TV news copters did the best they could to pull the few people who had made it to the surface out of the water. It was noble effort on their part because the wind driven snow was a screaming polar bear closing in on the prey.
I watched in stark amazement as one copter lowered a small life ring to a white haired gentleman in the frozen raging soup. He grabbed the ring but then worked it over to another passenger who was then lifted to safety. The copter returned and once again lowered the ring to the gentleman who pushed it over to another passenger yet again. By the time the copter returned for the third time the distinguished gentleman was slipping beneath the stinging waters never to be seen again on that day.
For weeks I could not get that picture out of my mind, but I didn't want to get it out of my mind. I felt I had witnessed the best example I had seen in my lifetime of perfect and selfless love. I have told this story countless times in my messages as a preacher of the gospel. I still get choked up with emotion and with the same feelings I had when I watched the events unfold before me. There is an inestimable sense of admiration and respect I feel for Mr. Williams. I often see myself looking and calling for friends and loved ones when I get to heaven. I also see myself asking the Lord for an introduction to Mr. Williams so I can see and embrace one of the bravest men and best examples I ever hope to know in this life.
Mr. Williams gave a living and lasting example to me of just what Jesus was talking about when he said''Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends,' John 15:13 KJV. Thank you for this example Mr. Williams.
The 14th Street Bridge has been renamed the 'Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge.' Several memorials to Mr. Williams have been placed at 'The Citadel' in South Carolina which he graduated from in 1957. In His hometown of Mattoon, Illinois the elementary school was named after Mr. Williams in 2003.
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Rev Bresciani is from New Orleans La and the author of'Hook Line and Sinker or What Has Your Church Been Teaching You, PublishAmerica 2005 and'An American Prophet and His Message, Questions and Answers on the Second Coming of Christ, Xulon Press 2005. His website is, http://americanprophet.org
