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There I was again in front of the congregation this time ready to preach wondering what would happen. It was on a Wednesday evening and I was scared to death. I thought I had a good message and I had a lot of topics I wanted to talk about, but after about 10 minutes I ran out of things to say. The second time was easier. I wasn't so scared. The third time I was bubbling over and I had a lot to say. My wife told me after the service that she thought I was never going to stop talking.
After that I tried to contain myself to know when to stop. I preached anyplace I was invited and a few where I wasn't. I wanted to take the gospel to the world. I was an associate pastor, a pastor and an evangelist with five radio broadcasts each week on W.T.J.H. in East Point, Ga..
Even though the ministry was number one in my life I still had to make a living and preaching didn't pay a lot of money. I worked mostly in the food business operating a catering route. You know, those little lunch wagons that bring sandwiches and snacks around to your work place?. When I was just a little boy, I couldn't wait for the rolling store to come by. I would sit on the bank in front of my house every Tuesday waiting for him to come by. I guess I just wanted "my own little rolling store". But then everything changed in 1979. I had an automobile accident driving home one day. A tractor truck crossed the center of the highway and hit me almost head on. It didn't kill me but it did knock me into a different place.
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