Sean & Leigh Anne Tuohy were successful professionals in life. They owned more than 80 fast food restaurants, including those under the Taco Bell, Long John Silver's, and Kentucky Fried Chicken brands.Every single one of us know what it is like to be busy, stressed and frustrated that there never is enough time in the day. Yet, Sean and Leigh caught a principle that is life changing. It all happened when they ran into Michael Oher.
Michael repeated both first grade and second grade, and attended eleven different schools during his first nine years as a student. He also alternated between time spent in various foster homes and periods of homelessness, before he was sixteen years old.
When they met Michael and saw his behavior and situation they had a choice! They could continue on their busy “successful” lives or they could pause, and become inconvenienced by getting involved in someone else’s life. Allowing a teenage foster child into their home at their stage of life (having 2 biological children) wasn’t easy. It was very challenging and inconvenient. Yet because of their sacrifice…his life turned around and he was able to reach his life dreams and now give back to others.
Busyness causes us to miss the opportunities that are around us everyday. (Luke 10:25-37) There are miracles waiting to happen in you and through you if you are willing to be inconvenienced. There hasn’t been one person who has helped change another person’s life that was convenient.
As we plant this church in Wyandotte, I pray that we slow down and open our eyes to the needs around us. God wants to flow his love, grace, healing, strength and forgiveness through you to others. PAUSE…take a deep breath, slow down and become inconvenienced today.
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