Jimmy Carter lives his faith through the highs and lows of life.

Consider what happened today in the 39th president’s Sunday school class in Plains, Ga.

The very same class that heard him disclose just recently that he had beaten brain cancer today heard some devastating news: The president’s 28-year-old grandson, Jeremy, had died unexpectedly.

President Carter delivered the news, and then taught the class.

As one of his students said later, the president posed for pictures with some folks who had heard him after the class had ended.

“I’m not surprised,” church member Jan Williams told the paper.

“That’s the kind of Christian he is. Everything that happens in life, good or bad, he uses as a teaching experience.”

“I’m not surprised,” church member Jan Williams told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“That’s the kind of Christian he is. Everything that happens in life, good or bad, he uses as a teaching experience.”

Indeed. Some of us talk about our faith. Others of us live it.