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Jesus listens.

My dad used to say, do your very, very best because God's paying attention. And I

think when you do your very best, good things can seem to happen.

Welcome to the JesusCalling podcast. There's an African proverb that pairs well

with John 146 where Jesus proclaims himself the way, the truth, and the life. It

goes like this, we make the road by walking. What comes to the fore in both of these

statements is the thought that life is not necessarily stretching out in front of

us, well-paid and easily discernible, but that life is an active endeavor

requiring learning, maturing, and adapting. Jesus emphasizes his

meerness to us in the process, but the implication is to step forward

confidently, even while the unknown confronts us with every step we take. We

don't have to know where we'll be exactly 20 years down the road, but only where

we are and what we'll do next.

This week we talked to two people who have learned to navigate their

callings in the now and the next. Jeff Henderson is a pastor and businessman who

talks about the thumbprints of God that mark our lives, giving us clues to

living out our purpose. John and Evans is the son of Dr. Tony and Lois Evans

with numerous efforts to become an NFL player thwarted. Johnathan reshifted his

expectations of Big Andesy, how God was getting him to his dream. Just not

exactly in the way he thought. My name is Jeff Henderson. I'm in the Atlanta

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