A 92 year-old man said he had lost faith in God, country, and self. The he was invited to live in one of our homes. He was legally blind and deaf. Then he received surgery last week that restored 20/20 vision in his right eye. He then said, "Just as I thought, you are a beautiful man." I cried. "I excuse myself," this little veteran said, "I just knew we put our lives on the line for good people. Thanks to you, I can see and hear and I believe I can live to be one hundred." He wanted to help us and not be a burden, and as a retired electrician he has already done wonderful work for our properties.
My heart is to help people see and understand our need ... Americans are in the greatest place of need since the Second World War. Most people are so far removed from what's happening in our towns, deserts, and states. They hear the news but it's not reality, because it's not them ... yet.
Americans need to look within their own hearts and see what they can do. And everyone needs to do their best, then no hardship will be worked on anyone, and we will get through this ...
I will continue to reach out to the needs of the world in every country. These are our brothers and sisters, regardless of our differences. All are God's children. He loves one and all. And we are our brother's keeper is we will just be the good Samaritans God has called us to be. May we never say there is nothing we can do, or we don't know how, or we don't care.
My new young 92 years friend, Ken, shocked me when he handed me some quotes form Thomas Jefferson around 1802: "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent this government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
Ken said we must take care of our own. He then quoted Jefferson again, "I believe the banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."
I then asked him, "Do you regret fighting and seeing all those dead bodies you told me of in the water that you had to pick up?"
He said, "No. It was the right thing to do at the time, and made America greater in spite of the losses. And the world's tyrants learned they could not run over us."
In God's Love -
Dr. Larry Abernathy
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