It's Monday of Thanksgiving Week and I am counting my blessings. A 55,000 square foot blessing of recent is the Paul & Betty Abbott Aviation Center -- the new home of the LeTourneau University School of Aeronautical Science.
Paul and Betty Abbott arrived at LeTourneau College in 1968. He left with an aviation technology degree and a motivation to serve in a foreign mission field. Instead, God led Paul and Betty to purchase a small struggling aircraft engine company. They built Covington Aircraft Engines into a highly successful world leader in aircraft engine overhaul and repair. Paul and Betty are missionaries but there mission field is their workplace.
In our recent NOW magazine, Paul said this:
"God kept blessing our business, and He enabled us to support others who served on the mission field. The more we gave, the more the business grew, because we were using the money for Him. I hesitate talking about it, because I don't want to sound like I'm bragging on ourselves, because I'm bragging on God."
"Sometimes new employees are startled to hear me say God owns our house, our cars, this business, and that we are just here managing it. I believe God owns it all. And with that in mind, I try to be a better manager. I know we've got to ask Him for wisdom to manage it in the right way to bring Him honor and glory."
I thank God for Paul and Betty and for a University committed to raising up the next generation of leaders who will also understand that Christ is the Lord of all including the Lord of the workplace.
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