A BRIDGE

Jesus (peace be upon him) has said, 'The world is a bridge. Pass over it, but do not settle down on it!

THE ABOVE IS AN ASIAN QUOTE OF JESUS

FROM ITS FORMAT IT APPEARS TO BE MUSLIM

THE MUSLIMS HONOR JESUS AS A GREAT PROPHET

BUT NOT THE SON OF GOD

ALLAH IS ONE

REGARDLESS OF ITS ORIGIN

THE MESSAGE SPEAKS TRUE

WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKE THIS JOURNEY

FROM ONE SHORE TO ANOTHER

FROM BIRTH

TO THE HEREAFTER

AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO NOT WALK ALONE

BUT TO HELP

THE BLIND

LAME

SLOW

WEAK

TO MAKE THE JOURNEY

IN BUDDHISM THERE IS A PRINCIPAL

CALLED BODHISATTVA

WHERE A PERSON DEFERS CROSSING THE BRIDGE

TO HELP OTHERS ACROSS

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND CHRISTIANITY

IS THAT ONE IS A SAINT

THE OTHER IS A NORMAL HUMAN BEING

TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING

THOSE WHO BUILD ON THE BRIDGE

IMPEDE THE PILGRIM

BY CHARGING TOLL

OR BLOCKING THE WAY

MAKING THE JOURNEY

HARDER THAN IT HAS TO BE

THE CHRISTIAN HAS TO FIGHT

THESE HOUSES ON THE BRIDGE

THESE OBSTRUCTIONS TO A MAN’S JOURNEY

THEY ARE USELESS AND DECAY IN TIME

AND TRAP THEIR OWNERS

IN THEIR DEBRIS

WHETHER JESUS SAID THIS I DO NOT KNOW

BUT THE MESSAGE IS TRUE

AND MATCHES OTHER THINGS HE HAS SAID

FRANK A VOLLMER