A Reluctant Servant Tells Her Story
Some people ask how I came to know about the Do Good Restaurant, which opened in November of 2019. It happened in April 2020, when my friend, Chris Bramlage, told me about the Do Good, in Osgood, OH. At the time we were discussing how God asked me to design a website and post true stories to encourage people to look for Jesus in their lives.
I called the restaurant the next week and Karen, the owner, was open to considering an interview. After a couple of attempts, we were able to meet in October 2020 for her story. After giving Karen a brief background about myself, she asked, “Does the Holy Spirit speak to you?” I said, “Sometimes, usually in the middle of the night.” Then I asked her if she had looked at my website or my book. She said, “No.” I said, “Well why did you agree to see me then?” She said, “Because the Holy Spirit told me to.”
The following posting will be a bit different from previous ones. The reason is that it is still evolving. For example, when I first contacted Karen in April, God had not yet approached her to add the splash park, rosary walk or the stations of the cross.
Starting on Thursday of the first week in Lent, we will share weekly continuations of Karen’s fascinating story based upon her encounters with God, the power of prayer in adoration and the intervention of the Holy Spirit.
Exodus 4-10-13 Moses said to Yahweh, 'Please, my Lord, I have never been eloquent, even since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow and hesitant of speech.’ ‘Who gave a person a mouth?' Yahweh said to him. 'Who makes a person dumb or deaf, gives sight or makes blind? Is it not I, Yahweh? Now go, I shall help you speak and instruct you what to say.
Jonah 1: 1-3 The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.
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