Crushing on Isaac Newton

Dead men are better than live ones.

Nearly every so-called schoolgirl crush I've ever had was on a dead man. Basically, reading history is to me what reading gossip columns is to any other teenage girl. In fact, while other teenage girls have pictures of Edward Cullen taped to their walls, I'm more than content with my poster of Jonathan Edwards. 

Think about it. They can't talk back. They can't forget to call you or make you miss your curfew. Sure, they give lousy Valentine's Day presents, but they some are great for cuddling up with on a rainy day. Plus, they are better than fictional characters, because these men really lived. They lived, and they left a thumb print on our society and history.

Some, like C.S. Lewis, left their legacy in their writings. And man could he write. Others, like Marquis de Lafayette, left legacies in their deeds. Heck, how many 17 year olds served as a Major General of Washington's Continental Army? And some, like Tutankhamen, left their legacy simply by being filthy rich. Those ones, however, aren't generally worth our time. 

What I wouldn't give to see one of these men!

But there's one man I've always longed to have met face-to-face, one many history books fail to acknowledge. Which seems natural; He wrote nothing, traveled little, fought no one, owned nothing. He was just a Hebrew carpenter, after all, with a good speaking voice. And the Jewish people wanted someone to follow. His influence should have died out.  

But His legacy didn't end with the Jews. Today, over two thousand years later, people of every nation and every blood still passionately follow His words, living and dying for a man long dead.

Talk about thumb prints.

The only way His influence could have lasted is if He wasn't dead. And as it happens, He wasn't--isn't. No, He's not "undead." He's not ancient. He died, yes, but death itself could not hold Him. He laid in the ground for three days, dead as a doornail, before His Father, God, raised Him. And now, he sits before God, declaring His followers free. 

King Tut couldn't do that if he tried.