Abdon did nothing except “out-Jair” Jair. Talk about keeping up with the Jones family! As we have seen in chapter 10, Jair had thirty sons – but Abdon had forty sons and also thirty nephews. It must have been quite a sight to see that man ride out of town with his sons and nephews. You would have a parade of Jaguars, Mustangs, Pintos, and Cougars like you had never seen before. They call the little donkey the “mocking bird” or “lark” of the desert because he can really bray. Just think of all those braying donkeys! That is all Abdon contributed. That isn’t much, friend.
All of us leave behind a legacy, something for which we are remembered...reminds me of the concert impresario, Sol Hurok. He liked to say that opera singer, Marian Anderson, hadn’t simply grown great, she’d grown great simply. He says, “A few years ago a reporter interviewed Marian and asked her to name the greatest moment in her life. I was in her dressing room at the time and was curious to hear the answer. I knew she had many big moments to choose from. There was the night Italian conductor Toscanini told her that hers was the finest voice of the century. There was also a private concert she gave at the White House for the Roosevelts and the King and Queen of England. She had received the $10,000 Bok Award as the person who had done the most for her hometown, Philadelphia. To top it all, there was that Easter Sunday in Washington when she stood beneath the Lincoln statue and sang for a crowd of 75,000 which included Cabinet members, Supreme Court Justices, and most members of Congress. Which of those big moments did she choose?” “None of them,” said Hurok. “Miss Anderson told the reporter that the greatest moment of her life was the day she went home and told her mother she wouldn’t have to take in washing anymore.”
What is the greatest moment of your life?
What to do:
✞ Gather your family or your Sunday School class or your school class or some friends together and discuss the greatest moment of their lives.
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