The secret of the oldest man in the world, an example for us all

Emilio Flores Marquez was born on August 8, 1908 in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and has seen the world transform enormously over all these years and lived under 21 presidents of the United States of America.

At 112, Emilio is the second of 11 siblings and the right hand of his parents. He helped raise his brothers and learned how to run a sugar cane farm.

Although they were not a wealthy family, they still managed to have everything they needed: loving home, work, and faith in Christ.

His parents taught him to live a life of abundance, not in the material, but in the divine. Emilio now holds the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest living man in the world and claims that his secret is Christ who lives in him.

“My father raised me with love, loving everyone,” explained Emilio. “He always told my brothers and me to do good, to share everything with others. Furthermore, Christ lives in me ”.

Emilio has learned to leave negative things out of his life, such as bitterness, anger and malice, because these things can poison a person to the core.

What a great example Emilio shows us today! Just like him, we must cling to God's word and live a life of abundance in love as we learn to live for Christ.