Dave lived for others. His closest friends were the common man. “Others, Lord, Others” was Dave’s daily life in Paupa!
Others
Lord let me live from day to day
In such a self forgetful way,
That even when I kneel to pray
My prayer will be for others.
Others, Lord, yes others,
Let this my motto be,
That while I’ve lived for others,
I will have lived for Thee
Matthew 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Excerpts from Scotty Wisely Tribute: Dave had an ability in a land of caste and segregation to treat a mentally retarded highland guy with dignity in the same way he treated the highest government official or westerner.
Elisa is one of the smelliest, dirtiest and snottiest humans on the planet and he has never met anyone who treated him with such love and dignity. Dave treated him like Jesus would. This is my tribute to Dave, Dave Clapper, a true man of God.
Dave was cut from the same cloth as the early pioneering pilots who opened up this land. He exemplified Elliot’s quote of “ He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose”. Bonhoffer says “when Christ calls a man He bids him come and die” Clapper was ready to pay the ultimate price but more important than that was how he lived.
Clapper was a man of courage. He was willing to stand for what he believed and the way he believed it should be even when he had to stand against the majority. He was not swayed by popular opinion or fear of man but he truly lived in fear of God, His Father. (read more)
Scotty Wisley
Lord, Give us the grace to do the same!
