Friday, November 27, 1998
Friday, November 27, 1998
It shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction
from my people's way." (Isaiah 57:14
NRSV)
Ross Perot tells about the day Mort Myerson became the president of
Electronic Data Systems. Mort's 95-year-old grandfather was there. Mort's
grandfather was forced to flee Russia many years ago because of his religion.
He lived in an attic in Brooklyn for 18 months working as a tailor, so he
could get together enough money to buy a train ticket to Fort Worth, Texas.
He reared a fine young son there and that son became Mort Myerson's father.
And now granddad was there to see Mort become president of a major
corporation. At the end of the meeting Mort's grandfather came forward with
tears in his eyes and hugged Mort and said, "Son, through you I have
fulfilled all of the dreams I had as a young man when I came to America."
That's the kind of debt many of us owe this day. It is a debt that is owed to
men and women whose names we don't even know--but they worked and
they worshiped and in some cases they even gave their lives that we might
have the many benefits that we will celebrate this season.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for going before me to show me the way. Amen.
Ronald Newhouse, Texas, USA