“I felt as though I was walking with destiny . . .”

In May 10th, 1940, Winston Churchill, then age sixty-six, became Prime Minister of England. This was the time when the powerful German air force was making round-the-clock trips across the English Channel dumping planeload after planeload of bombs on England. No one knew whether the British would be able to hold out for another week or a month.

England had already been badly mauled by the conquering Germans. What General Weygand had called the “Battle of France” was over. The Continental countries had already fallen into German hands. Everyone knew the survival of Christian civilization depended upon the outcome of the furious Battle of Britain…

When the opportunity came with all of its mortal danger, Churchill was able to express the nation’s will to resist as no one else could. Even before that critical day of May 10th, everyone knew that there had to be some new blood in the government if the world was to be saved at all. They had to have someone who would stand up for the right instead of following the weak course of trying to appease criminals and making unsatisfactory deals with evil.

Winston Churchill was that man…

To him was given the job of nearly single handedly winning the war. How would you feel about such an assignment if it were placed upon your shoulders?

It might be inspiring to know how Winston Churchill felt…

Excerpted from Lessons From Great Lives by Dan McCormick & Sterling W. Sill…get the rest of Winston Churchill’s story at www.LessonsFromGreatLives.com