This morning Tim and I left the house in a hurry to meet with our CPA Jerry Scarborough. We had everything organized and had a million numbers running through our minds. This is the business income. We can deduct that. Did we add this? Once we began talking about deductions Jerry asked us if we had any church tithes that we would like to write off and asked what church we attended. Tim and I looked at each other for a second and honestly told him that we have been bouncing around a few churches since we arrived in the Columbus area a year ago. He extended an invite to his church and we could tell he sincerely wanted us to attend one Sunday to see if we liked it. I didn’t expect to have church mentioned at all during a meeting with our accountant. Before we left Jerry went to his bookshelf and pulled three devotional books from the shelves by Robert Morgan. It was an incredibly kind gesture and I must say in that moment I was in awe. Just the night before I had spoke to Tim about how I’ve felt like God is tugging at my heart. I’ve always believed in God but I’ve honestly (and hate to admit) never completely lived my life whole-heartedly for Him. I felt strongly this way a few months ago and I felt this peace come over me when I decided to let go and let God take control of my life. But then I let life get in the way again. I stopped putting Him in the forefront of all things and let the trivial everyday “have-to-do” things take over.
After our meeting with Jerry, Tim and I went to Chick-fil-A for lunch. As many of you know they are a business that operates with God in the forefront of all they do. They are closed on Sundays, their employees are super friendly, and when we walked in today Christian music sang by one of their former employee’s was playing. There were so many of these little moments this morning that I couldn’t ignore it. It also reminded me of one of the times we visited this same Chick-fil-A a few months ago. Tim was in his military uniform and we were walking to our car after having dinner. We were stopped by this man who was dressed in worn-out clothing and looked as though he hadn’t bathed in days. I of course was caught off guard, but he wanted to thank Tim for his service and then directly asked him if he believed in Jesus. Wow. God works in so many mysterious ways. We stood in that parking lot for an hour listening to this man preach about Jesus and quote Bible verses. It was unbelievable.
I feel God moving in my life right now. I’m not sure why I decided to share this on my blog, but maybe you’re feeling the same way? I want to be a better person, and I want to live a life that gives all glory to God.
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