Wow that really seems like a strange Title for this blog entry but it's reality. I actually feel better than I did 30+ years ago. No stress, no health issues, family doing great, spiritually confident but, obviously any or all of those things can change on a dime.
Like everyone, I have made some huge mistakes in my life but my Chief Priest and Brother has always been beside me with grace and the love of my Father. Plus The Comforter has never stopped teaching and guiding me.
Also I have been encouraged and blessed beyond anything I could ever deserve by my wife of 55 years, The Rose, and our family of 13. That's why I dedicated my first book, Yes Lord I'm Listening, to all of them. Thank you my Father for their love, their faith and their constant encouragement.
In addition, on this 78th birthday I have received more phone calls, text messages, hugs, personal greetings and computer greetings than I can even begin to count. THANK YOU each one who has taken the time to reach out to me. So many wonderful words of love from so many whose presence in my life from all over the country have given me a priceless gift and jogged my memories from more than 50 years of ministry in the kingdom of God. May He always bless each of you in comforting and challenging ways.
John said this to all of us:
"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us." 1 John 4:11-12 NIV
Thank you to ALL my family, friends, sisters and brothers for remembering me on this wonderful birthday. I love each of with the love of the Spirit. HALLELUJAH!
