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Lauri Cox McIntosh
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Consistently, He spoke truth against a sea of opposition.
Shockingly, He lived fully in His
personal life exactly what He preached in public. Time after time, He stood
heroically alone for what was right, regardless of what it might cost Him.
Without hesitation, He went out of His way to care for the most objectionable people of
society, never turning a hungry soul away, always taking time to love an unlovable or care
for an uncareable, knowing He would suffer ridicule and rejection for it.
Humbly and openly, He marched across cultural
barriers, decrying centuries of racist arrogance. Never a respecter of persons,
unconcerned with status, wealth, gender, or popularity, He stood, champion and friend of
the 'little guy.' And for all this and more, He constantly took it on the chin,
keeping His mouth shut, His face set like flint, eyes riveted on His greater cause and
mission.
This was truly a Man
among men, bigger than life itself yet as down-to-earth as it gets. This was the
ultimate definition of masculinity, the very personification of character and integrity.
We all go crazy for the big-screen hero. But take a look at Jesus—a solitary figure, bruised and bleeding—the sword of Truth His only
weapon. Picture Him raising it again and again, fighting an army of world attitudes:
'Lie, cheat—anything goes!' 'He who dies with the most toys wins!'
Picture Him storming in against overwhelming opposition, giving His literal
all—His very life—to rescue the helpless, the widowed, the orphaned, the
crushed, the rejected, the despised. I don’t know about you, but in my book,
that’s the living definition of "hero."
