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How do you define Significance?


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There was a song recently written by John Ondransik about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky which asks the question, "Can one man save the world?" Right now, we don't know the answer, but we're praying for the protection of the Ukrainian people, that those who would destroy them would fail, and that peace would prevail.

The lyrics include the line, "In a thousand years, will anyone know your name?" And the answer is most likely no. It is estimated that the world population around the year 1200 AD was about 390 million. I only recognize the names of two people from that period - William the Lion, king of Scotland, and Genghis Khan. There was a great little book called "The Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan," but I'd have to check with Wikipedia to find anything about William the Lion. So for them, the answer is yes, your names are remembered by Phil Routly. But that's about it.

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