SIMONOF CYRENE, WALKING INTO DESTINY

Do you sometimes wonder how destiny makes his house calls? Have you ever imagined if you were on Fortune's list, and if not, what would you need to be? Let us meet Simon of Cyrene. He was one of those we would term "waka pass" (one who makes a cameo appearance) characters in a role play. He got a one-liner mention in the History of Life, the Bible, and God's Manual for anyone interested in a place in the kingdom of God. The account is reported in three of the four gospels; his feature is easy to skim past unless you are probing. What qualified him for the role? We do not know for sure, but we can learn a few things from the accounts recorded for us.