God Sighting | September 4, 2010

While at Starbucks this morning I spent some time reading, and as I read, it occurred to me, again, that Austin was full of entrepreneurial-minded people. I wanted to meet more of those people, as there was a kind of "aliveness" that was unmatched by many--an energetic, creative, risk-taking spirit. Later that day I had set out to hang out with my nephew for a while. I darted up the stairs of his apartment building and knocked on what I thought was his door. There was no answer, but from the door behind me I heard an amazing rendition of John Mayer's "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room." I wasn't sure if I was listening to a live player or if someone happened to be watching a DVD of a live performance. As far as I could tell, it was flawless, with a few stylistic improvements too. Finally one off-note tipped me off to the fact that it was indeed someone playing the song, and doing an amazing job at it. At that point, I couldn't resist--I had to knock on the door and tell them how awesome it sounded! So I did. The door opened to four guys just hanging out, with two playing guitars. We clicked on the topic of music, and when I heard that they had recently moved to Austin from Colorado to start a church plant, I couldn't help but think that God was so awesome in answering prayer that honors Him--I was literally meeting a group of entrepreneurial-minded people right then and there! My nephew joined us shortly thereafter, being just one stairwell away. We all went to Torchy's Tacos nearby for a late lunch, being greatly encouraged to find that their hearts were on mission to bring glory to the King, and that they were my nephew's neighbors at that!