When Tim was 13, a Gideon stepped into his classroom, handed him a copy of God’s Word, and said, “This is the truth.” Tim kept it—and soon God kept putting His Word in front of him. A softball player signed a ball for him with John 3:3. A Pepsi deliveryman gave him another Testament signed with John 14:6. Everywhere Tim turned, he saw the book of John.
“Back at his hotel, another Bible—again opened to John’s Gospel—waited on his pillow. God was calling.”
Years later, while traveling for work, Tim carried that first Testament with him. In New Orleans, he was struck by a literal cross carried by a street preacher. At the ER, a nurse handed him a Bible placed by The Gideons, opened to the book of John, and asked him to read it. Back at his hotel, another Bible—again opened to John’s Gospel—waited on his pillow. God was calling. Tim prayed to receive Jesus Christ on December 16, 2001. The Scripture shared with him that day? John 1:6–7.
One Gideon’s faithful act in 1978 sparked a journey that led Tim to Christ and into a life of ministry.