WW II Veteran (and Stu) Wins Millions
A World War II veteran hit the jackpot in Chesterfield, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, recently voted Most Dangerous City in the U.S., winning some 254 million dollars after buying a lottery ticket. This is justice, since all veterans of WWII should receive a gift of at least one million dollars for service rendered. But the question with lottery winners is whether or not the money will destroy the person, will the money cause them such a headache from newfound millionaire status that in the end they wish they had never won it.

Perhaps he can become a political activist the same as other new millionaires in Hollywood who can act and sing, but somehow this talent qualifies them to have important opinions in the political arena? I can assure you that the veteran definitely has some qualified opinions, political or otherwise, that could shut the mouths of screaming liberal protestors and radicals. And then there's the students.

What Happens to Lottery Winners?
I have read the statistics on lottery millionaires and the results are that most wind up bankrupt in a few years after collecting the winnings. I read of modern carpetbaggers of all shapes and sizes (—relatives included) —lying in wait in the attempt to extract money from new millionaires. I have my own strategy for winning millions, if the event ever happens, in which I will distribute my fortune to just causes. I plan to:

1. Pay tithes and offering (but of course).
2. Stay in my present home, but hire someone to clean out the gutters (2-story).
3. Pay for complete renovation of the Tupelo Children's Mansion and start similar works in all 50 states.
4. Match the current Foreign Missions annual budget, yearly.
5. Match/equal the yearly JW printing bill, give to WAP for research and development.
6. Build State-of-the Art Music recording studio, startup own recording label for Ap music.
7. Hire full-time staff of Home Mission construction workers.
8. Donate to private adoption/abortion prevention facilities nationwide.
9. Maintain current house bills, but hire personal trainer for wife and me.
10. Go on our second Disney Cruise.

That's a Millionaire Wrap
And that wraps it up for me. Of course, I would need the same sort of winnings that my WWII veteran won to accomplish this, in a lump sum without the decrease. But most of all, I would like to convince my father-in-law that he's already a millionaire in spirit, if he would only experience Acts 2:38.

Millions of dollars will not make me any happier than I am right now, but I have the potential to make others happy, who could then pay it forward in the current work they are doing for the Lord.