November 18, 2005

Today was definitely an interesting one, and God certainly popped up in many unusual, but wonderful ways.

Today was not really a philosophical day, but rather one where God just seemed to pop up at every turn. I was laste getting out of the house for class today, and had to get gas as well, but I just decided, again, to let God take care of things in His time, and I ended up only a few moments late for class, before anything was begun, which, considering how late I had been running, was quite a surprise to me.

After I finished all of my classes, I proceeded to get together with a friend and attend a show in Charlotte tonight.

On the way there, we had light-hearted conversation about girls, money, and God, but nothing too serious.

Heading to the venue, we decided to stop for food. We had decided where we wanted to eat, but we didn't know of a location nearby of that restaraunt, and we were nearly about to give up, and then, when one of us literally said "let's just pick a place and go with it", I realized that unwittingly I had stumbled into the area I had been last week eating dinner, and was back there tonight without realizing it, and suddenly knew exactly where the resteraunt was. It was directly to our right, at the intersection we were entering. Sounds hokey, but I don't believe all that was coinicidence, as small as that event seemingly was.

When we arrived to the venue, we met with some friends of a friend who was with us, and I saw God almost instantly work in my traveling companion and one of the girls that was in our company. Watching initial sparks fly between two people has always been a point of general interest, delight, and truthfully, envy, to me. Tonight it seemed right in tune. During the show, with a few moments in particular, my whole body seemed to call out to God, with the music in tow. I realize that it is through music, both in listening to good music or playing it, that I am most at worship of the Lord.

On the way home from the trip, my friend and I got into an extended conversation about spirituality in general, from topics like girls and marriage ranging all the way to the trickery and success in trickery of the devil, and the loss of love that is occuring in Christianity. In a one hour trip, God guided us through more about spirituality than perhaps either of us could achieve in a year alone, or perhaps even a lifetime.

A day truly full of God's presence.

What does service for God entail? Do we have to go to another state and build a house? Do we have to leave the country and become missionaries? Or for some of us, could doing God's service simply mean going to the nearest street corner and speaking to the lonely man on the bench with genuine interest, or smiling at the person who is down-trodden in life? Does acting for God mean we have to act in large gestures, or does acting for God mean that anything we do for Him is already a large gesture?