Posted on 03/25/2009 10:05:33 AM PDT by WhatNot
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
(Mark 8:35-36)
I've heard the story told that when Charlemagne (Charles the Great) died in 814 AD, the world seemed to stand still. Europe as you see it today remains the scattered fragments of his once invincible empire. When this proud monarch died, they carried him into his regal sepulcher and placed him on a priceless throne of ivory, gold and precious stones. On his head scintillated a diadem of jewels. In his propped-up right hand, a royal scepter. On his finger was his signet ring. On his lap, a scroll that chronicled his larger-than-life deeds. About his magnificent body was a purple robe of royalty. Then they sealed forever the tomb of Charlemagne.
Centuries later, they decided to break the seal of the tomb and view one of history's most illustrious figures. To their shock, time had eaten the flesh until on the throne sat only a skeleton. The purple robe lay in a heap of debris at his skeletal feet. The crown had slipped over his skull and was resting awkwardly on his shoulder. The signet ring had slipped from his finger to the floor. Time, like a rat, had gnawed the prop that raised the arm that held the scepter, and the scroll that was once on his lap had unrolled. Strange as it may seem, when Charlemagne's right hand dropped to the floor, it fell on the open scroll and his index finger was pointing to the words of Scripture that read, "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8:36)
Did you know Obama got in the Guiness Book of Worlds Records last night. The longest nationally televised answer to a simple yes/no question...13 minutes!
Curiously, more is known about the circumstances of Charlemagne’s birth than is known about Barak Ogabe’s.
What! They couldn't get the JumboPromter to scroll any faster than that?
Charlemagne also carried the Spear of Longinus, If I recall correctly.
Typo, or is there something else you'd like to tell us? :-)
“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?”
(Mark 8:35-36)
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Meditate on this verse. Act accordingly.
Ozymandias: “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.”
And I’ll bet that once he was done with his answer, you still had no idea what the answer was.
Sounds like urban legend about the scroll falling to the floor, but if it did,Wow what a testament.
Yesterday on Rush’s show he was comparing Obama with Robert Mugabe, and started using the name “Barak Ogabe”. I liked the ring of it.
(sigh) I miss Rush. :-)
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