<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399835" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>There once was a man</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There once was a man<br>who had the impact<br>that even princes<br>refrained from talking, <br>when they saw him<br>and young men<br>disappeared in respect<br>and even old men<br>rose to greet him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His words and wisdom<br>impressed everyone<br>and he treated every man<br>like a son<br>and he was like a king<br>and his life was<br>a lesson to all<br>and although<br>death, ruination and tragedy<br>befalled him at a time, <br>and his wife<br>begged him to curse<br>the Lord and die, <br>he trusted<br>though he didn’t really understand<br>and God stretched out His hand<br>and restored him <br>too much greater than he was.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet, his riches and importance<br>didn’t go to his head<br>and he stretched out his hand<br>to others instead<br>and the poor, the fatherless, <br>the helpless, the blind, <br>the widow and the stranger<br>knew him well<br>and to this day<br>almost every one can tell<br>the test of the Almighty<br>and the story of Job.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Reference: Job 29: 4-16.]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399835" data-title="There once was a man de Gert Strydom" data-description="There once was a man who had the impact that even princes refrained from talking, when they saw him and young men disappeared in respect and even old men rose to greet him. His words and wisdom impressed everyone and he treated every man like a ..."></div> </div> </div>

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