William Law was born in 1686 and was known for practical divinity. Many of his works influenced important theologians such as John and Charles Wesley (who founded the Methodist movement). In his book titled, “A serious call to a devout and holy life (source)”, William states:
For there is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him; and when you can once do this sincerely for any man, you have fitted your soul for the performance of everything that is kind and civil towards him.
In late 1986 I joined the US Navy Nuclear Power Program as a Machinist’s Mate, to serve my country and earn money for college. After nine months of classroom training I was deployed to upstate New York to learn how to run a nuclear power plant at a prototype facility. My training led me to being selected for a new school in nuclear chemistry and eventually being selected as an instructor at a new facility being built in Charleston South Carolina. It was the first time that a real submarine had been used in the construction of a training facility; only the best for our sailors.
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