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For all those years he had been angry &#8211; angry at everyone and everything. Finally, he encountered Christ and his whole life changed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>He was speaking once before a group of medical people. He told them of his personality change, how he was now sober as he once had been drunk; considerate as he once had been severe; concerned for others as once he had been selfish and self-serving.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A psychiatrist, who believed that personalities are so firmly set in early life that no one can change, protested to the Colonel that at his age a person could not have such a radical transformation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Well,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;replied the Colonel,&nbsp;<strong><em>&#8220;that may be true. But I am under new management now&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; I answer to another authority &#8211; the highest and truest authority that there is.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Rahmi Aksoz for the photo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What authority do YOU answer to? How often is it a Higher Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IT IS NOT GREAT MEN AND WOMEN WHO CHANGE THE WORLD, BUT WEAK MEN AND WOMEN IN THE HANDS OF A GREAT GOD!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do share today\u2019s message with a friend and please listen to my Podcast.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A certain Army Colonel had been a heavy drinker for 35 years. For all those years he had been angry &#8211; angry at everyone and everything. Finally, he encountered Christ and his whole life changed. He was speaking once before a group of medical people. 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