Hey folks, I turned 75 on the 15th of July, and I feel better than ever, and I am active in small business and ministry ... Of course, there's mild stiffness and some joint pain that's normal. My mind is sharp, and my memory is remarkably better than ever. I'm emotionally stable, and my moods and mobility are good. I'm more spiritually astute than ever.

My wife's wonderful family put on a "Senior Prom" not for high schoolers, but for senior citizens. However, younger members of the family participated. My wife surprised me with a birthday celebration in the midst of it, and they made us King and Queen of the prom. That means a lot to me because I didn't attend my senior prom because of trouble with the law ... I grew up in abject poverty from Camden, SC to Brooklyn, NY, until I turned 24. In 1974, when I turned 24, Christ was revealed in my conscience (my heart), and I was "born again" and became a “new creation” (2 Corinthians 5:17). At that point, my status before God and in this life changed.

After being kicked out of the house by my dad because I was expelled before graduation due to an altercation in Central Park upstate NY when I was charged with a false accusation that I was acquitted of ... (By the way, it never made me bitter against my father because it helped me to grow up and come to Christ by grace ... We must look at ourselves and unload baggage from the past—Hebrews 12:1-3 to get free from trauma. In psychology, it’s called a catharsis.)

I was called to ministry and got married in that order. Before marriage and with the Lord's guidance, I enrolled in college and worked my way through undergraduate school with very little assistance from the government, then graduated from seminary in the Master's of Divinity program, and my income continued to grow to right at the point of six digits ... The point is when Christ comes into your life, expect to receive "abundant life" (John 10:10). That promise means two things to me out of Yahweh's Covenant Promise: A better quality and greater quantities in life so that we have adequate to invest and give back into the Kingdom of God ... We prosper in the things of the Lord exponentially as stewards of all that God has given us and not selfishly wanting "things" from God as some kind of lucky charm ... Come back to hear the rest of the story ....

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