A Tribute

Tony Snow, former press sec to president Bush just recently graduated-to heaven.
Carol and I just spent a couple of hours watching tributes to him on Fox News.
What a genuine believer in Jesus. He had a winsome testimony and a genuine faith as attested
by fellow journalists and politicians on both sides of the politiaca spectrum.
Genuine-genuine-genuine is the common assesment of his life. A follower of Jesus who was truly salt and light.
More than one of those interviewed referred to a speech he made at Catholic University commencement recently. I urge you to google "snow speaks at Catholic University" and read it
for yourself. At 53 Snow knew what it took to rise victorious in times when many slog through mid life crisis.
Here's what he said about faith in that speech:
"When it comes to faith, I’ve taken my own journey. You will have to take your own. But here’s what I know. Faith is as natural as the air we breathe. Religion is not an opiate, just the opposite. It is the introduction to the ultimate extreme sport. There is nothing that you can imagine that God cannot trump. As Paul said “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” And once you realize that there is something greater than you out there, then you have to decide, “Do I acknowledge it and do I act upon it?” You have to at some point surrender yourself. And there is nothing worthwhile in your life that will not at some point require an act of submission. It’s true of faith and friendship. It is a practical passage [of the Bible], especially to marriage.
Tolstoy once said all happy marriages are happy in the same way and here’s what he meant. When both people commit, when they say, “You and I are bound together, forever, period, no questions, no codicils, no pre-nups, no escape clauses,” then all of a sudden, the temptations become irrelevant, and the glories become possible.
There is nothing like the pleasure of being a parent. Waking up the next morning to somebody whose breath has become the echo of your heartbeat. Trust me on this, it does not get any better. Commit."