Whether you think rescuing the flag is a big thing or just an above-average thing, Monday's comment at the end is worth keeping in mind. You never know when the moment is going to come. A had a friend who ran back into the house to rescue his 12 year old stepson and a sleepover friend from fire and was permanently scarred himself. He remembers it had been a boring, rather irritating day before that, no hint that it was going to be the most significant of his life. The best and worst events of our lives often come with no warning even minutes before.
Simeon didn't know the Messiah would come that morning, nor that it would would be a baby. Simon of Cyrene was a spectaor at the crucifixion but was forced to carry the cross, which was not in his dayplanner that morning. He was just a visitor from North Africa who happened to be there. He was the father of later disciples Rufus and Alexander.
Sgt. William Jasper won a sword by saving a flag; he is honored with a statue in one of Savannah’s beautiful squares, a city he died trying to liberate.
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