I’M OLD LORD.

YOU PROBABLY HAVE ME SLATED FOR A RETURN TRIP SHORTLY.

I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD WITH A PRE-DEFENSE.

THERE IS JUST NO USE IN ME BEATING AROUND THE BUSH.

YOU ALREADY HAVE THE BOOK.

LORD I HAVE BEEN IN MOST PLACES ON YOUR PLANET

AND I HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS WHICH SURELY RAISED YOUR EYEBROWS.

BUT MOST OF THAT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND STUPID

AND I REALLY WASN’T WORRIED TOO MUCH THEN ABOUT SEEING YOU.

I ADMIT LORD I SMOKED, DRANK AND CHASED LADIES

AND SWORE AND FOUGHT AND LIED WHEN I THOUGHT I HAD TO.

BUT I HAVEN’T DONE MUCH OF THOSE THINGS LATELY YOU KNOW THAT.

OF COURSE, AT MY AGE I CAN’T.

IN MY HEART I HAVE ALWAYS WORSHIPPED YOU.

AT TIMES, IT JUST DIDN’T COME OUT THAT WAY.

LOOKING AROUND DOWN HERE LORD

I FIGURE YOU MUST HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR.

SO LORD WHEN I MEET YOU I WILL BE SMILING

AND HOPEFUL.

RAYMOND MORROW