Daniel Webster, a 19th century lawyer
and statesman, was courting his wife-to-be, Grace Fletcher. As he held skeins
of silk thread for her, he suggested, "Grace, we've been engaged in
untying knots; let us see if we can tie a knot which will not untie for a
lifetime." They stopped right then and tied a random silk knot that would
be almost impossible to untie. Grace accepted Webster's proposal.
After they passed from this world, their
children found a little box marked "Precious Documents." Among the
contents were letters of courtship and a tiny silk knot -- one that had never
been untied.
Those
who know the love of Jesus can boldly say, "For I am convinced that
neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the
future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus
our Lord" (Romans 8:38,39).
--
Jim Bassett, quoting from Clifton Fadiman's The Little Brown Book of
Anecdotes
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