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You always have to follow the signs God lays out for you. Yesterday was my sentencing. I got what I prayed for… no prison, no time away from my family. Just probation. God was good to me. Thousands of you prayed for me. You flooded me with prayers, comments, texts and phone calls. I will never forget it. But now what? Today happens to be the feast day of Agios Fanourios. For generations, Orthodox Christians have asked Agios Fanourios for help revealing what is lost or hidden, not only things we have misplaced, but answers, direction and a path forward. His very name comes from faneróno: to reveal, to make known. So last night, I asked my wife baked a Fanouropita. She prayed while making it. I prayed over it. And this morning I brought it to church to be blessed. I’m not asking Agios Fanourios to help me find something I lost. I’m asking him to help me find myself again. For five years I’ve been sidelined. I haven’t worked. I haven’t built businesses. I haven’t created. I haven’t done what I’ve spent my entire life doing… building things, helping people and trying to make a difference. I wasn’t physically in prison, but in many ways I’ve lived in a mental one. Yesterday that chapter ended. So today my prayer is simple: Agie Fanourie, reveal to me what comes next. I have many paths in front of me. Many ideas. Many choices and a list of dilemmas I need to clarify. Show me which one is mine. When God reveals the path, I’ll follow it. 🙏 ❤️

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