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It is Finished!
There once was a man who for every reason should
not have made a mark on society. When he was born his family was
homeless and his parents had to rely on the charity of strangers
in order to help feed and shelter him. His dad was a day laborer
and took odd jobs where he could find them. At an early age in a
market place his mom turned around and realized he was missing.
In a frantic pace she searched all day looking for her lost boy
only to find him playing with others in another part of the city.
Furious, his mom asked him never to wander off and get lost again.
To which he replied, “Mother, I was never lost, I always knew
where I was.” He still got grounded.
As a teenager he would learn his dad’s blue-collar
craft of making furniture and was quite good at it. Some might have
thought this man to be a commoner but when asked why he didn't aspire
to higher ambitions he would reply, “A chair that I make with
my two hands will give rest to my bretheren, how can giving comfort
to my fellow man not be seen as a noble endeavor?” You have
to admit the kid could put a nice spin on just about anything he
did. As he grew older he got restless and decided to travel, so
he left home.
Being a pretty vocal fellow he would always take
notice to what he felt the injustices of the land were and spoke
his mind. If he thought taxes were too high, he’d speak out
on that. If he saw someone in trouble, he would come to their aid.
More than once he landed himself in prison for his beliefs. When
told if he didn’t renounce the things he believed in he would
be put to death, he stood his ground.
So this inquisitive bright child, blue-collar
laborer and speaker of the people wound up a convicted felon on
death row. Later he would be put to death for the crimes his keepers
said he had committed against society. The day of his execution
he made no excuses and stood with his head held high. When the guard
lanced him with his fatal wound, the last words that were uttered
by this man were, “It is finished!”
I can only speculate that he wasn’t referring
to his life being finished but his task on earth. This child of
humble beginnings had decided on a course in his life, took it,
stuck with it and finished it. How many of us can say that? That
we finished everything we start to the best of our abilities? That
we would fight and die for our beliefs, that when we are on our
deathbed we will be able to say our task is finished. Not many I
guess. But isn’t it a nice goal to strive for? Wouldn’t
this world be a little better off if we took pride in who we were
and what we did and stopped along the way to help a friend or stranger?
I think so....
By the way, if you're wondering whom the young
man I made reference to earlier was, most refer to him as the Son
of God.
by Fred Cuellar the Diamond Guy®
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