A schoolteacher asked the class to name the Seven Wonders of the World.  After much discussion and some disagreement the class compiled the following list.

1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
2. Taj Mahal
3. Grand Canyon
4. Panama Canal
5. Empire State Building
6. St. Peter's Basilica
7. China's Great Wall

The teacher noted that one student was very quiet and in fact she did not participate in the class discussion.  So she asked the girl if she had trouble with her list.

The girl replied, "Yes, I can’t make up my mind because there were so many."

The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have and maybe we can help."   The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the Seven Wonders of the World are:"

1. to touch
2. to taste
3. to see
4. to hear
5. to feel
6. to laugh
7. and to love

The room was so full of silence you could have heard a pin drop.

Those things we overlook as "simple" and "ordinary" are truly wondrous.   A gentle reminder that the most precious things in life cannot be bought.

Lent is a gentle reminder that the most precious gifts of forgiveness and salvation cannot be bought.  These precious gifts are free.  To receive them all you have to do is believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Unfortunately like the precious gifts of taste, touch, sight, hearing, feeling, laughing and loving we overlook the gifts of forgiveness and salvation.

Lent is a time when you and I can renew our love, our commitment, and our appreciation to God for the precious gift of His Son who offers us salvation.

This is the Greatest Wonder in the History of the World.

Prayerfully yours in Christ,