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Deeply Loved

NO GREATER LOVE Greater Love Has NO ONE Than This: To Lay Down One's Life For A Friend. John 15:13 NIV -- Jesus         In November 10, 2010, Lance Corporal "Kyle" Carpenter did the unthinkable.  A grenade landed where it would kill a fellow Marine.  While others scattered, he jumped on top of the grenade bearing the full impact of the explosion. See President Obama Awarding him the Medal of Honor below. You may have to copy and paste this to your URL to get the video. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/us/marine-cpl-william-kyle-carpenter-receives-medal-of-honor.html?_r=0 After the explosion, everyone thought he was dead.  Realizing he had survived, his friends kept saying, "You are going to make it!"  He responded, "I am going to die."  He also said, "I have made my peace with God."        What made him lay down his life this way?  The even bigger question is What made it possible for him to make his peace with God?  H