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I'm 70 years old. 70 years old!
This is not a lament, it's a fact.
Each morning as we get up we all face a fresh day full of things, good things, we want to do. But as the day wears on, so do we. We get tired and put off things we'd like to do.
My story is both typical to everyone and unique to me. As a young man I was irresponsible and wild. After the Marines I hopped around a little, then a failed marriage with a young son. Then I began to dream and dream big. I wanted to be a disk jockey. So I did. But all the while God was calling me. God had given me a nice, pleasant-to-listen-to voice and a nice, high IQ and I was in bars using my gifts trying to impress women and looking for sexual love for that night only.
God talked to me, shouted to me and still I roamed. Had it good. NYC, Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth...another failed marriage.
God talked to me. I ran the other way.
Back to school to become a computer programmer and some "normalcy." Success! God begged me, pleaded with me. I said, "Not today, God.”
Another marriage, this time a good one, that has lasted till today. Nice home. Grandchild, then another. 2 dogs, Einstein, my buddy and Chipper, the sweet lay about.
Retirement and God called me. "But God, I want to rest. I've worked hard since I was 10 years old.”
One day, a fresh morning and Einstein and I are playing and he stops jumping and laid down and died. Tears. The passing of time, and an old friend is taken. God spoke to me. "David, you better listen to my call. It's time. Einstein warned you that life is not permanent. I need you to be a voice for the power of my love, David."
And still, I hesitated. Fear? Of what? God? Failure? People laughing at me? My ignorance on display? What?
Then I got an email from Trisha. She was a child I never knew, never even known about. Born in NYC when I was wild. But she, she and her husband and my two new grandchildren were all gifts from God.
And God said, "Not much time left David. Please, work for me!"
And so, I answered the call from God. Went back on the air. Bought some time each Sunday out of my wife's and my own money. Lay it out there each Sunday for God. God's love.
In all my years, I've seen power, the power of the 1st Marine Division, the power of intellect, the power of greed, the power of politics. But I've never witnessed anything as powerful as the power of God's love.
The old saying that if God didn't exist we'd have to invent him, is not quite complete. If God didn't exist and we couldn't invent him, we'd still need the power of His Holy love to save us from ourselves.
I almost waited too late to tell you this story. But, thanks to God, I didn't.
Don't be like me and wait and wait and wait while God calls.
Do it now!
Love
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| September 20, 2007 |
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Mr David, This is your Cajun friend from SWLA
I wrote to you earlier about my cousin Greg who was returning to Iraq, well his day has come.
He will be leaving this Tuesday, Sept. 25. Please keep him and my aunt / and the rest of the family in your prayers.
Thank you,
Annette |
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