'I thank the Lord to have me to do the right thing until I do go'
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(FAITHWIRE) — A South Carolina woman who celebrated her 107th birthday last month delivered her secret to longevity: following God and the Bible. “I do what the Bible tells me,” Adell Julie Thompson told WLTX-TV.
Born in 1915, Thompson has remarkably lived through 18 presidencies. She observed people during her early years riding horses and mules and has seen everything from the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and World War II through contemporary events — a true rarity.
“I had no dream of being 107 years,” Thompson said,“But the Lord spared me, and I try to do the right thing, I guess so people don’t talk about you.”
She’s a mother of three, a grandmother of six, has 14 great-grandchildren — and even has three great-great-grandchildren. Thompson’s family threw her a parade to celebrate her birthday on Oct. 10, and WLTX-TV sat down with the centenarian to understand her life and perspective.
While discussing her birthday, she kept coming back to God.
“I thank the Lord to have me to do the right thing until I do go,” Thompson told WLTX-TV.
Thompson is hardly the first person to credit her longevity to her Christian faith.