I MOVED CLOSER TO HIM
DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: FROM AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER CHAPEL OFF THE COAST OF VIETNAM WHEN I ASKED MY LORD TO COME INTO MY LIFE, I KNEW HE WOULD BEAR EVERY BURDEN, AND NEVER LEAVE ME OR FORSAKE ME. TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS LATER I AM STILL MOVING CLOSER TO HIM, NOT BY MY TIME BUT BY "HIS". AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR, A FRIEND WAS SHOT DOWN OVER HANOI; I MOVED CLOSER TO "HIM". AT MY LEAVING THE WAR AND THE SERVICE, I HAD TO LEAVE TWO FRIENDSHIPS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND CALIFORNIA; I MOVED CLOSER TO "HIM". I HAD TO WAIT TWENTY YEARS BEFORE FINISHING A COLLEGE EDUCATION: I MOVED CLOSER TO "HIM". MY SON WENT HOME WITH THE LORD AT AN EARLY AGE: I MOVED CLOSER TO "HIM". I HAD TO WAIT A FEW EXTRA YEARS TO BUY MY CONDOMINIUM: I MOVED CLOSER TO "HIM". I DELAYED VACATIONS BECAUSE OF EXTRA EXPENSES OF MY STEP SON: I MOVED CLOSER TO "HIM" I HELPED TAKE CARE OF SICK RELATIVES SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO MOVE INTO NURSING HOMES: I MOVED CLOSER TO "HIM". WHEN MY MOTHER WENT HOME TO THE LORD: I MOVED CLOSER TO "HIM". WHEN THE COMPANY I WORKED 13 YEARS WAS SOLD TWICE IN 6 MONTHS, THEN LAID ME OFF AFTER AN INJURY: I MOVED CLOSER TO "HIM". WHEN MY APPEARANCE MAKES ME FEEL YOUTHFUL, BUT MY AGE SLOWS ME DOWN: I MOVE CLOSER TO "HIM". WHEN MY CHOICE THIS EVENING WAS BETWEEN GOING TO A BIBLE STUDY OR EARNESTLY SITTING DOWN WITH MY YOUNGER BROTHER: I CAME CLOSER TO THE LORD. IN ADDITION, TO MY PRAYER BAND THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS,
I PRAY HE HELP ME OVER MY HESITATION. GIVING UP IDLENESS FOR FELLOWSHIP
IN THE COMPANY OF BELIEVER'S OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, BRINGS ME
CLOSER TO "HIM". LORD JESUS IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2000, I HAVE BEEN
BLESSED WITH A MINISTRY SERVING FOOD AND HOSPITALITY. LET ME USE IT FOR
THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME. YOU HAVE MADE ME A LEADER AMONG A FEW, LET ME
LEARN TO BE A GOOD SHEPHERD AND A GOOD STEWART OF THE THINGS YOU BESTOW
ON ME. GIVE ME THE STRENGTH AND WISDOM THAT I NEED TO PROCLAIM YOUR
WILL. THIS I ASK IN JESUS' NAME. YOURS IN CHRIST,
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