Every day is a gift from God:

Evangelist Billy Graham looked back over 90 years when he celebrated his birthday last November. An estimated 215 million people have heard him preach during his lifetime.

‘I never expected to live this long, and it is hard to believe I have reached the age of 90,’ Dr. Graham said. He has suffered from Parkinson’s disease for the past 15 years and is very frail.

‘Every day is a gift from God, no matter how old we are. I have discovered that just because we grow weaker physically as we age, it doesn’t mean that we must grow weaker spiritually.

‘In fact, we ought to be growing stronger spiritually, because our eyes ought to be on eternity and heaven – on the things that really matter.’

Billy Graham spent more than six decades preaching the Gospel to thousands-strong crowds at evangelistic crusades in more than 185 countries and territories. Today his son Franklin and other family members continue with the work.

Graham expressed his hope in seeing his late wife, Ruth Graham, in heaven. His ministry partner of more than 63 years who died in 2007.

‘I look forward even more to the time when I will be reunited with my wife in heaven, and neither of us will ever experience again the physical aches and pains brought about by age and illness.’ See www.billygraham.org