• Ali Kissed 'em!

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  Scripture:  Romans 15:7

  Tags:  Kindness

"ALI KISSED 'EM!"

Former boxing writer Harold Conrad visited a women's prison with heavyweight fighter Muhammad Ali. "All the inmates lined up," wrote Conrad. "They were ooh-ing and aah-ing as he went along. There were some good-looking ones. But he kissed only the ugly ones." After they left the prison, Conrad asked the fighter to explain why he chose to kiss only those women. "Because no one ever kisses 'em," responded the man who called himself The Greatest. "Now they can remember that Ali kissed 'em!"

Every human being needs to be loved. Surely the church should be the one place where love is evidenced by warm affection for one another.

(From a sermon by Freddy Fritz, Final Greetings, 5/25/2012)