So it would've been really easy to skip tonight and just write this tomorrow. I have the perfect excuse... I am taking my Law School Admissions Test at the crack of dawn tomorrow. I was just going to go to bed, but then this little voice spoke to my heart and said, "He didn't just ask you to do this when it was convenient, did He?" Obviously the answer is no, so here I am writing this ... out of obedience.
This morning I went to the good Starbucks... yes, one is better than another... and they had messed up their orders so I had to wait a few minutes in the drive thru. I wasn't really in a hurry so it didn't bother me but the girl working in the window struck up a conversation with me and asked if I had plans for the weekend. I said that I was taking my admissions test for law school the next day.
She began to talk about the ability of positive thoughts and all this stuff. As I listened to her, I realized that she was a Christian and longing to be able to pray with people, but she was at work and didn't know if she could or not even though her spirit was encouraging her to do so. I had a nice but brief conversation with her, but neither of us offered to pray for one another. As I left I said, "Have a Really Blessed Day!" I saw her face light up.
This has to be the first time when a perfect stranger wanted to pray for me. I must say, I kind of liked it. I wonder if this is how other strangers feel when we pray for them at random ( or not so at random )? I wonder if they leave feeling blessed. If I knew that they would, I wonder if I would be more bold about praying with people?
Maybe I should just pretend they are all going to love being prayed for and then if they aren't thrilled it's ok, but at least I will have tried!
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