Posted on 12/03/2001 1:46:05 AM PST by Mudboy Slim
"Here Was A Man"
(To be spoken--Johnny Cash-like--over a lonely keyboard version of "Joy to the World")
"Here was a man...a man who was born in a small village, the son of a peasant woman. He grew up in another small village. Until He reached the age of thirty, He worked as a carpenter; then, for three years, He was a travelling minister. But He never travelled more than two hundred miles from where He was born, and where He did go, He usually walked. He never held political office, He never wrote a book, He never bought a home, He never had a family, He never went to college, and He never set foot inside a big city, yet...here was a man.
Here was a man...though He never did one of those things that you usually associate with greatness, He had no credentials but Himself. He had nothing to do with this World, except through the Divine Purpose that brought Him to this World.
While He was still a young man, the Tide of Popular Opinion turned against Him. Most of His FRiends ran away...one of them denied Him, one of them betrayed Him and turned Him over to his Enemies. Then, He went through the mockery of a Trial and was nailed to a Roman Cross between two thieves. And even while He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had in this World, and that was His robe, His Purple Robe. When He was dead, He was taken down from the cross and laid in a borrowed grave, provided by a compassionate FRiend.
More than Nineteen Centuries have come and gone, and today He's the Centerpiece of the Human Race, Our Leader, and the Column to Human Destiny. And I think I'm well within the mark when I say that All of the Armies that Ever Marched, All of the Navies that Ever Sailed, All of the Legislative Bodies that Ever Sat, and All of the Kings that Ever Reigned...All of Them Put Together have not affected the Life of Man on this Earth so Powerfully as that One Solitary Life...
Here was a man."
It appears the PrescientOne may be Oh for 4!
LOL...the PrescientOne took a hit today, did he not?!
Tony Banks is NOT Doug Williams, Jr. and another QB shall lead us to the Promised Land in January 2003!!
How 'bout them HOOS?!!
FReegards...MUD
You'd manage, as would I...but ain't it great havin' Cyber-Buddies to hang out with after the wimpy folks crash a HOOt?!! After I put the kids and the Missuz down, I went down to the Fan to crank a few tunes with the HipJazzCatz. A coupla of them had gone up to the local tavern to earn'em a free meal, but Mongo and The Artiste were workin' the ol' JMU Strap Jam pretty tight, so I bugged in fer a few blues...too bad we didn't get that on tape!! Anyway, I finally got the recorder workin' properly, and we set into a good Clapton jam...then the trouble started......
Yeah, the Artiste's ol' lady called from DeeCee and asked why he didn't bring back the cigarettes, then Mongo learns that his ol' gal's datin' the sax player fer My Ol' Army Buddies...then Fingers almost-EX-wife phones in from South Florida...SHEEEESH, all I want to do is record a coupla songs, DETHRONE the EX-POTUS, and sing to Limbaugh's 25 million folks, LOL!! But all I get is static!! Next year--I promise--Slim's Christmas CD goes double-platinum...or else my name ain't...MUD
Hey dude...did the Earth dshake fer you, too?!!
Seriously...MUD
And a Very Joyous Holiday Season to you and yers as well, mi amiga...MUD
LUV ya MUD and LUV ya Landru
LUV ya Landru and LUV ya MUD
Equal billing. giggle.....
((((((((((((((((((((((((((( HUGS ))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Has Santa finished shopping for your children or do you leave that up to the Missuz?
LOL...actually, Landru's the big ol' computer that knows--and controls--everything. I'm just helpin' provide the soundtrack.
FReegards...MUD
I'm all done shopping except fer the Missuz...actually, I'm gonna take the kids out today and let them pick out a gift fer their mama, and she's then taking them out to pick out a gift fer me, so I'll get to enjoy the busy shopping hordes at least twice today...should be fun.
Anybody know who's subbing fer Rush today? Maybe they'll let that brilliant RightWing lawyer dude from Landmark Legal Foundation do it sometime...what'shisname?! Oh yeah, Mark Levine.
FReegards...MUD
Awaiting the 'finished' work. You've already nailed the 'thought that counts' -- 'The Left is Dead'(always on my 'Christmas Wish' list).
MUD--I have decided to stick with the tried and true un-PC way of doing unto others as I would have them do unto me.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
If anyone would prefer a different greeting from me, please so advise, I love you all as Christ first loved me, and I will not intentionally offend. I will not be offended by anyone who wishes me a Happy Hannukah, Kwanzaa, or Ramadan as their heart desires, but I will not put a basket over the 'Light' that burns within me. It is the essence of freedom and love.
Used to, Mudboy; used to.
Before Kirk & Spock shot me all the hell up.
Now I could barely serve as a half-way-decent desktop AM radio.
...y'all have a wonderful, peaceful, & safe Xmas; y'hear? ;^)
Well said...Happy Kwanzaa!!
FReegards...MUD
Damn them...MUD
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