It was one hundred one years ago today that my life changed forever. Many years before I was born, he was. I am speaking of my grandfather, the Reverend S.N. Greene. I cannot imagine what my life would have been without his influence.
 
He never pastored a megachurch. He had to subsidize his income through other means. As a matter of fact, you would have considered him old fashioned in the good old days. His convictions and mine didn’t always match. But what a man!
 
The family never argued over the inheritance. As a matter of fact, all he left me was a library filled with old books, grocery sacks of hand and typewritten sermons, a stack of worn out Bibles and a good name of integrity to live up to the rest of my life!  What a man!
 
Happy Birthday, Grandpa. And thank you Jesus for one of the best gifts you ever gave me…101 years ago today.