An Ordinary Joe: The Joe Gillis Story
A Paperboy Who Reached the Ultimate in Business as a Christian Servant
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Changes come with challenges, which can be exciting for the adventurous, yet the unknown is often unsettling, bringing with it unanswered questions that eventually demand decisions. Joe felt inadequate to make decisions that seemed monumental, affecting not only himself but also his family and their future. Therefore, sometime in his early twenties, Joe began asking God to give him wisdom. Joe explained why: “If He (God) gives me wisdom, then everything else falls into place.” This prayer has remained, as he said, “one of my biggest prayer requests.” Repeatedly, God would keep His promise in Jeremiah 33:3 to Joe, whether in business, ministry, or personal areas of his life. “Call unto Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” Joe repeatedly stood on this promise.
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Everyone loves a great story and this one won’t disappoint. Follow the route of Joe Gillis from his humble entrepreneurial beginning as a paperboy to the founding of Dutch Oil Company and on to meet the award-winning Arabian horses bred on his farm. The people, places and events along this route will fascinate, educate and entertain. You will discover how God blessed, worked and intervened throughout the entire journey. Turn the final page, close the book, and ponder what you gain from it, a rare depth of enrichment to encourage through the route of life.
About the Author
Lynita Weaver Motes has been painting commissioned oil portraits and fine art for 35 years, and teaching classes in her Birmingham, Alabama studio for nine of those years. After raising five children, she and her husband now raise sheep on their farm where they manage a bed and breakfast. Lynita serves on the board for Raising Dreamers Ministries, a Christ-centered women’s ministry. She writes blogs for their website and serves as a speaker using her art to convey the message of hope through the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Lynita uses words in this account of Joe Gillis to paint a portrait of his life. She brings an angle of creativity to Joe’s story as it unravels through the pages of his biography.