Why is it so difficult for those of us created in God's image to think "my way" instead of "His way?" In this true-to-life story, the reader will get a glimpse of how one young man failed time, and again as he tried desperately to find success in his way instead of in God's way. Although near successes did come, true meaning remained as elusive as a moonbeam. Just when he thought he had it, realization proved otherwise. Onward he trod only to find that his prize had to be just over the next hill of his ever-searching heart. However, the success this searching soul had so desperately craved did come, but only after total surrender to his Lord. Then, "only imagined" opportunities began to present themselves. Today, however, finds this once desperate seeker's life fulfilled as he serves in his second pastorate by keeping God's way as his guide. Gene is currently serving as pastor of Reservoir Road Missionary Baptist Church in Kingsport, Tennessee where he and his wife Brenda reside. He is a first-time author who came to know Jesus Christ as his personal Savior at age twelve and accepted the call to ministry in his latter twenties. His undergraduate studies were completed at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, and received his Master of Divinity Degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri.