Publisher's Synopsis
What are the odds? Frank Shelton's paternal ancestor hand carried President Abraham Lincoln across the street, Good Friday 1865 from Ford's Theater. His maternal ancestor in 1912 was foreman for U.S. Park Service who planted the iconic Cherry Blossoms to life around Tidal Basin. One carried greatness in death and the other planted life. God deposited greatness in everyone and He makes no junk! We are made in His image. Mary pregnant with Jesus was not only first to carry the Gospel but God in the womb. David with a sling and couple stones toppled a giant. His greatness was not just in his hand but his head and heart. The Bible says "a double minded man is unstable in all his ways." Joseph had a coat of many colors. His dream was his siblings nightmare. They wanted him dead, Potiphar's wife wanted him in bed but this led to God's plan for his life. When you have a great gift it will inspire others and intimidate the rest. It was not the colorful coat but colossal call of God on his life that the enemy wanted him stopped dead in his tracks. MSgt Aaron Torian, a 25 year family friend of the author was recently killed in 2014 serving in Afghanistan. He was "Marine of Year" and the best of best and was buried with full honors at Arlington National Cemetery. As those Marines carried the flag draped casket without question they were carrying greatness! One chapter talks about Carrying Greatness, Sharing Greatness, Wearing Greatness and sadly, Sparing Greatness. Learn of Micah who died at 17 and donated his organs that five strangers could live. We all win when we share greatness but lose when we withhold it. The last chapter is powerful! Adoption > Abortion Presently, 125,000 abortions transpire every day. This is horrible. We can do better than that and from the womb to the tomb we all carry greatness. Shelton's ancestor carried President Lincoln but their family friend was invited as a honorary pallbearer at Elvis Presley's funeral. Shelton paints a poignant picture of what went through Joseph of Arimathea's head as he and a couple friends carried Jesus from Golgotha to Garden Tomb. His ancestor carried closest to "King of a Nation" we will have in America because the presidency is an institution not individual. " It is one thing to carry greatness but its eternally different when Greatness carries you!
