{"id":39647,"date":"2019-11-04T03:35:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T03:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=39647"},"modified":"2019-11-04T03:35:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T03:35:20","slug":"a-man-of-deep-faith-is-at-peace-with-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=39647","title":{"rendered":"A man of deep faith is &#8216;at peace&#8217; with death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23JimmyCarter%20%23Carterfaith&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AAJMncd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39648\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AAJMncd-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AAJMncd-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AAJMncd-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AAJMncd.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Carter&#8217;s abiding faith in God is well-known and has been chronicled extensively since the moment he burst onto the national political scene more than four decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>So, when he tells a Sunday school audience that he is &#8220;at peace&#8221; with the prospect of death, should the rest of us be surprised? Of course not! Those are the words of a man committed to his deep Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p>Christianity tells us that faith and belief in Jesus&#8217;s teaching and his existence as the son of God means we pass from worldly life to eternal life. That has been President Carter&#8217;s credo.\u00a0It has sustained him through an amazing life of service to his country and then, through his faith, to his fellow humans.<\/p>\n<p>This former president has set at least three remarkable records.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President Carter is the oldest living man who has held the nation&#8217;s highest office.<\/li>\n<li>He has lived longer in his post-presidency than any other former president.<\/li>\n<li>Oh, and his marriage of 73 years to his beloved Rosalynn is the longest presidential marriage in U.S. history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jimmy Carter, the nation&#8217;s 39th president, has lived an exemplary life. He has committed himself to others, choosing to forgo a life of personal enrichment.<\/p>\n<p>It is totally in keeping with this man&#8217;s good life that he would be &#8220;at peace&#8221; with knowing that his time on Earth will end.<\/p>\n<p>You may count me as one American who wants him to remain among us for as long as is humanly possible.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Mr. President, for your glorious service to the nation &#8212; and to the world.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23JimmyCarter%20%23Carterfaith&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Carter&#8217;s abiding faith in God is well-known and has been chronicled extensively since the moment he burst onto the national political scene more than four decades ago. So, when he tells a Sunday school audience that he is &#8220;at peace&#8221; with the prospect of death, should the rest of us be surprised? 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