Seeing God’s Hands in the Details of a Life | Todd Simmons

<p>Was it all just a coincidence?</p><p><br>Mansfield City Councilman Todd Simmons doesn’t think so. In a powerful conversation on the Empowered Life Podcast, Todd sits down with Meredith Murray to look back at a 60-year miracle filled with undeniable details of God&#39;s hand at work. </p><p>From meeting his wife through a Louisiana Tech dorm hallway and selling a home in a week to move to Mansfield, Texas, to surviving a terrifying 2020 heart diagnosis, Todd shares how what once felt random became a profound testimony of faith, stewardship, and resilience.</p><p>Discover how trials become testimonies, why a life of service matters, and how one garage idea grew into a global mission transforming tens of thousands of children&#39;s lives through Allies in Youth Development.</p><p>In this episode, Todd and Meredith discuss:</p><ul><li><p>How Todd’s parents, and later Todd and Rona, met</p></li><li><p>Selling a house in a week and moving to Mansfield, Texas</p></li><li><p>The 2020 heart diagnosis and a powerful physical peace</p></li><li><p>Losing a job the week before Christmas </p></li><li><p>Biblical stewardship and the lesson of the widow’s coins </p></li><li><p>Watching Allies grow from a garage idea into a global mission</p></li></ul><p>Episode Chapters / Timestamps:</p><ul><li><p>00:00 — Welcome and a “60-year miracle”</p></li><li><p>01:01 — Proverbs 16:9: a man plans his course </p></li><li><p>02:15 — How Todd’s parents met </p></li><li><p>05:48 — Louisiana Tech, Rico, and meeting Rona </p></li><li><p>07:34 — Selling the house and moving to Mansfield </p></li><li><p>10:09 — “There’s no way it’s a coincidence” </p></li><li><p>11:19 — Kiwanis and a life of service </p></li><li><p>13:11 — Where Todd’s trust in God came from </p></li><li><p>15:41 — The power of mentoring and Allies </p></li><li><p>18:11 — 2020: the heart diagnosis </p></li><li><p>22:40 — The warm oil prayer (Philippians 4:4-7) </p></li><li><p>26:19 — Methodist Mansfield and facing fear </p></li><li><p>28:02 — The boat, the storm, and why Todd tells this story </p></li><li><p>29:36 — When trials become a testimony </p></li><li><p>30:21 — Meredith shares her breast cancer story </p></li><li><p>32:09 — Losing a job the week before Christmas </p></li><li><p>33:57 — Stewardship: what we do with what God gives us </p></li><li><p>35:00 — The widow’s coins and Deuteronomy 8:17 </p></li><li><p>37:29 — Giving it all: the pearl illustration </p></li><li><p>39:35 — Chris Bergen and the start of Alli