The Baker Who Surrendered Her Business Plan
In 2019, Maria Gutierrez signed a five-year lease on a tiny storefront in downtown Waco, Texas, determined to open a Mexican bakery. She had spreadsheets,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Proverbs 16:3.
In 2019, Maria Gutierrez signed a five-year lease on a tiny storefront in downtown Waco, Texas, determined to open a Mexican bakery. She had spreadsheets, a marketing strategy, and a twenty-page business plan. Then the pandemic hit. Her savings dwindled. The grand opening she had choreographed down to the hour never happened. One morning, kneeling on the flour-dusted floor of that empty shop, Maria stopped asking God to bless her plan and started asking Him what His plan was.…
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