Here is what one man did and then said!

Here is what the great preacher, George Whitefield, said the day after his 36th birthday, in 1750. (Been reading the 2 volume biography by Dallimore) Keep in mind that he had already graduated from Oxford, preached extensively both in Britain and in America, traveling in harsh conditions by horseback or carriage, building the first orphanage in America and maintaining it, writing extensively while being harshly criticized in the media, and often preaching twice a day every day of the week, often outside in the open air, to crowds of thousands, including in the very early morning hours. Genuine change in whole societies was being accomplished, with tens of thousands of people born again (His message focused on, among other things, the absolute necessity of the new birth.) When he wrote this, he had just finished going through a very serious illness that kept him confined to bed for 2 weeks: "My disorder was a violent fever. Jesus hath rebuked it. I am raised up once more. O may it be that I may minister unto Him! For me to live is Christ. But alas! how little do I live to His glory! Yesterday I entered upon my 37th year. I AM ASHAMED TO THINK I HAVE LIVED SO LONG AND DONE SO LITTLE...." God, forgive us for aiming low and believing You for so little! Scott Keep looking down. "...He raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus..."-Eph 2:6