The Power of a Single Seed Sown in Faith!

A young woman found herself wandering the streets of Ybor City, Florida when a stranger handed her a small gospel tract. She had no idea that this simple piece of paper would change her life forever. This is her story.

Although she grew up in church, she had drifted far from God. That night, she was lost in every sense of the word. Physically lost. Spiritually lost. And driving home very drunk. Before she got behind the wheel, she paused to read the gospel message printed on the back of that little tract.

“When I read it, it pierced my heart,” she later shared. “I remember begging God to get me home safely. As I drove, I ended up behind a truck with a sticker that said, ‘Follow Me ~ Jesus.’ I took that as a sign, followed that truck, and by the grace of God, I made it home safely.”

That night changed everything. The Round TUIT that she had received reminded her that her true home was not in a city or a fleeting lifestyle, but in the arms of a merciful Savior.

“Since that night,” she said, “I turned my life around, rededicated myself to God, and have never forgotten the message that came with it. I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your message reached me right when I needed it most, and I’ll never forget it.”

Nearly twenty years later, her testimony still stands as a beautiful reminder of how God uses ordinary moments to bring about extraordinary transformation. A single tract on a busy street became the turning point that redirected a wandering heart back to Christ.

Stories like Marilyn’s show that God is still at work in powerful ways. People who feel lost, fearful, or far from Him can be reached in the most unexpected moments even through something as small as a gospel tract. Every believer has a part to play. That part can simply look sharing a tract and pointing someone to the hope found in Jesus. The Lord delights to use simple acts of faithfulness for His glory.

Here is something worth remembering: it wasn’t the size of the moment that rescued Marilyn that night. The Lord used that tiny piece of paper with the eternal truth of the gospel on it to open her eyes to Himself.
God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and He often uses what seems small and insignificant to pull a soul back from the brink.

If you ever wonder whether your small efforts of sharing the hope of Christ matter, think of Marilyn. We don’t always see the results. Most of the time whenever we hand someone a tract or have a brief conversation, we never hear what happened next. But the Lord sees. He knows exactly where each piece of seed lands, and He is more than able to bring it to fruition.

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The world is darker than it was twenty years ago. People are more distracted, anxious, and confused. But the gospel has not changed. The truth has not dimmed. God has not and will never retire from rescuing the lost. If anything, the urgency is greater now than ever. Marilyn’s story reminds us that eternity can hinge on any single moment. So, keep scattering the seed while you still have breath. One day, in heaven, you may meet people whose stories began with your simple faithfulness, and you never even knew.

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Until the nets are full,