God Sighting | October 10, 2009

Since my trip to Germany, I've had an acute sense of my need, among other things, to genuinely connect and surround myself with those who are clearly aiming for the same goal, with whom we can be mutually, powerfully, and regularly encouraged, in order to "hear the word of God and do it." So to fulfill the "mutually" part of that directive, today I had but one goal: to reorient and simply be satisfied with God in His word. Once again, I headed out to Mozart's Cafe. But before I had finished reading one paragraph, I got a call from an old friend, Jaron, in which the main point of the call quickly turned into many points, all of them fascinating--full of God's hope touching the lives of those who are helpless, in poverty and darkness. It was one of those conversations that I'd definitely call "blessed, exceptionally encouraging, and full of grace." After the phone call, I got some great reading in for about an hour and a half, and noticed that there was a Bible on the table of the guy next to me. I had been wrestling with a question that had come up in my reading, and asked him about it. What started off as an inquiry with Matt into a small question ended up a near five hour conversation that touched on Jesus, the journeys He'd taken us both on, similarities and differences in the lessons learned, and much more--all of it incredibly encouraging and edifying (and, oddly enough, we share the same birthday).

Thank You, Father, for affirming the Way.