THE CALL TO FOLLOW CHRIST!
Chris Sutton of Corpus Christi, Texas sent in the following item which he found in John Bisagno’s book The Word Made Flesh, pp. 18,19 (Word). 78410 At the climax of the battle for Scotland, Robert Bruce was killed. The Scottish soldiers turned in fear and began to retreat. One brave soldier, seeing the body of his hero on the ground, raced forward and cut out the heart of Robert Bruce with his sword. With blood dripping from his hand, he held it high in the face of oncoming British troops and cried, “There goes the heart of Bruce. Who follows after?” In one triumphant moment, the Scottish armies turned, flinging themselves against the fury of enemy swords, and followed the heart of Bruce. Scotland was saved. One day, two thousand years ago, because God so loved the world, He held His own heart high, dripping with blood on an old rugged cross from the body of His own Son.…
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