[STARWISE]

I posted this the other night, but I'm posting it again for those who didn't see it.

I never knew his life story and tumultuous start, and I'm so touched by Gerald R. Ford's mother and childhood and the work ethic, integrity, character of the man.

He didn't have the most auspicious beginnings as Leslie King ... in fact, his life reads like a dramatic and Midwestern depression-era novel.. and ends up being a heartwarming and poignant all-American journey to unexpected greatness, by a most decent man.

HERE

Rest in peace, Mr. President. Thank God for you .. when we needed your steadying hand so badly.

[defconw]

I grew up in Ohio, Jerry Ford could have been a statistic, instead he excelled.

[La Enchiladita]

I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord;
He that believeth in me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live;
and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.

As for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth,
and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth;
and though this body be destroyed, yet shall I see God;
whom I shall see for myself and mine eyes shall behold,
and not as a stranger.

For none of us liveth to himself,
and no man dieth to himself.
For if we live, we live unto the Lord;
and if we die, we die unto the Lord.
Whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord;
even so saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors.