Today We Honor the God Who Lived Among Us

Today honors the greatest, most wonderful and most influential person the earth has known. No other person comes anywhere near to being as great as Him, for He was a God, the only God ever to be born to earth. We honor Him so highly, that He is the only person for whom we uppercase not just His name, but pronouns referring to Him.

Our calendar -- our count of years, that is -- wraps back to the year we suppose He was born. Also, we divide our calendar into weeks, and many of us set aside one of those days to worship Him. And, the biggest holiday on the calendar is Christmas, His day.

The most-read book in the world, and the most-read book in history, is the Bible, the book that tells of His gospel. It was written over a span of 16 centuries.

He was the greatest teacher in history, and the greatest healer in history. We call him King of Kings, yet He sat not so much as a moment in a throne, but rather lived with the common man. Perhaps the only time He ever set foot in a palace was as a prisoner.

But, all that I've said so far does not do Him justice. For He died for the world, for every person who has even been on this earth. His death and resurrection brought not only eternal life to all, but the opportunity for happiness to all.