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and my relatives expressed their regrets in works for the good of those who love
response, "If I had gone in" when you went in Him.?They are the people He called, be-

or "if I had stayed-in for 20 or even 30 years cause that was His plan.
as you stayed-in," I, too, could be retired, living
with a sizeable annuity, receiving excellent Faith and obedience are fresh when they
medical care and security for my family…If I are seen through the lens of Isaiah 43:18-
only had only joined when you joined or 19, "Forget what happened before, and do
when drafted, stayed in as you did, I would not think about the past. ?Look at the new
not have any regrets. My response to my thing I am going to do. ?It is already
friends and relatives, "I have no regrets…." happening. Don't you see it? I will make a

The paths given to me at times proved to be road in the desert and rivers in the dry
dark and difficult, but I overcame those diffi- land." God is making a way for you and for
culties through hard work, perseverance and all men.
forgetting those things left behind or those
things that I failed to accomplish or overcome. So Men, connect to the teaching of Bishop
I learned to move forward and follow that Merton L. Clark, become a campaigner for
illuminated path created by God. Abishai Inspired Men and embrace the pull
of the Holy Spirit on your life so that you
Even now, as you read this article and reflect too will realize "you are Tenacious," you
on the missed opportunities, the misdirected The gift of light is available to all men, are delivered, and you are a gift of light for
paths taken and even the failed relationships; and it is available through faith and God, for your family and for every man that
through it all, you made it and there is more obedience in God. you engage.

in store for you! There is that gift of light that
illuminates as your legacy is laid out in your As men, when we allow God's will to My name is Johnie S. Stevens, and I am an
family, as you walk through your community, become our will, we take on some direct Abishai Inspired Man!
as you lay out paths at your place of employ- action. That action is clear in Romans
ment and as you move among other men. 8:28; "We know that in everything God

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