Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)

Sometimes God makes strange choices for people to be his hands on earth. They sometimes look strange or wear strange wardrobes or eat strange foods or go to strange places of worship. But they are willing to act and react when God calls them for a specific task.

Such was the case of Mohandas Gandhi in India. He was a wiry little man to many people who looked at him with his glasses that were bigger than his body and his diet of only vegetables when he ate anything at all. He wore the traditional Indian ahati and a shawl instead of Western attire. He also was Hindu and practiced his religion. All in all, just at first glance, this seemed like a strange choice for someone to lead the people of India to their independence.

Thank goodness, that it was God's choice to make!