Wednesday, April 6, 2011

A "SQUIRREL" Moment in Starbucks

The other morning I was in Starbucks having a quiet time.  Sitting at a table outside the window (I was on the inside of the window) was an elderly gentleman reading.  At one point an older couple walks in to get coffee.  As they walked in the woman looks in my direction and said something to the effect of, "he doesn't look very open to being approached."  I am not sure if she was talking about me or the man outside.  But after receiving their beverages, they headed back outside to talk to the gentleman.  Let me be clear, I was inside and have no idea what they were talking about or if they even knew each other.  

The following is what went through my mind in the span of few minutes.

I wonder what they are talking about.
Do they know each other?
Are they having a spiritual conversation?
"Lord, I pray for their conversation.  If it is about you then I pray it would be effective and that your truth would be spoken and understood."
Well, that was random.  I don't usually assume that is what people are talking about. 
Now I'm distracted from my quiet time.  Focus James.

Later I was reflecting on this and realized I had just had a John Acuff moment similar to his Michael W. Smith post the other week.

I will never know what that conversation was about.  But God used it to show me a little of how much I have grown this year.

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