Remembering back on the last day I was in California, God spoke to my heart and told me when I return to Nashville, I would lose my job as a truck driver. I return and that’s exactly what happened. Already basically knew what it was time to do but how was the question. Ran upon a friend and he introduced me to The Contributor. Right then I had the answer.
That night I sat down and wrote my first article. I picked up some papers the next day and I turned in my article. The next month my article came out in the paper. I had asked God, “If this is what you want me to do, just give me a sign lord.” I went to my corner and a customer drove up, she started a conversation. God spoke to my heart and through me and I quoted a scripture to her that I’m sure I’d never read, maybe a paragraph or so. I got home that evening and went straight to my Bible to look up that scripture and it was exactly like I quoted it. I was amazed. I started to cry. The next morning I headed to work and I stopped by CB’s grocery and upon leaving, an old lady I’d never met ame to me on the way out of the store and said, “John, don’t ever stop doing what you’re doing. God put that on my heart to tell you.” I picked up her grocery sacks and helped her across the street. She shook my hand and we departed. It changed my life. That was 14 years ago, and today I still share God’s word in the Contributor.