Note: Herb Klein passed away on July 2nd. He posted this story several months before his passing and we've decided to keep it here so others can be inspired by his words.
Divine intervention
I have had several experiences where I believe the Lord guided me to a longer life with a specific set of purposes.
One of those experiences came in 1968, the day after I rejoined the Richard Nixon presidential campaign to manage communications. I arrived at my hotel suite in New York, and did a national telecast on my view of Robert Kennedy's win in the California primary.
I turned on my television and saw that Robert Kennedy had been assassinated. He was shot in a room in the Ambassador Hotel, a room President Nixon and I had used many times as an exit from a ballroom.
I looked at the scene and considered the people involved and the location. It made me wonder whether I could fully join the campaign without being afraid to stand next to the candidate. It was a time when Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated, George Wallace had been shot and now Bobby Kennedy.
As I watched, I prayed for guidance. I believe the message was for me to be bold and trust in God as to what my fate would be. Following that revelation, I joined the campaign fully and spent a good part of my time in the presidential race standing side by side with a candidate who could have been a target.
This has led me to believe that God guides our path. The lesson to me was to do your best as fearlessly as possible and trust in the Lord.
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