Arthur was a homeless man who became a Christian in 1931 after attending a church in Sydney. Upon hearing a message about eternity, and being convicted to entrust his life to Jesus, the "Lord of Eternity", Arthur began to write "Eternity" in perfect copperplate script on the streets of Sydney in chalk (no mean feat for a man who was illiterate and could barely write his own name legibly!).

Arthur would get up early and write his "one word sermon" on the sidewalks and entrances to public places, all the while hoping that the chalk rendering of Eternity would echo with the God-given eternity written in all the hearts of the men and women who stepped over it.

By the time Arthur Stace died in 1967 he had written "Eternity" over 500,000 times on the streets of Sydney. It would not be seen again until New Years Eve 33 years later. As the finale to Sydney's midnight fireworks display, "Eternity" was lit up on our Harbor Bridge in Arthur's copperplate script, illuminated for the world to see.

I often think about the "upside down kingdom" that Jesus introduces to us during His three years of ministry. The mustard seed, the widow's two mites, a rag-tag group of disciples... Foolishness to the world, but in God's hands...

Arthur reminds me that the economy of heaven always looks different from the economy of our world. It turns out that God not only uses the (seemingly) weak and insignificant for His glory, but seems to prefer this to using the (seemingly) strong & important. - Nathan Tasker