Matthew 28:19-20 (NKJV) “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
We were both tired. The kind of tired that wants to go to sleep and skip dinner tired. Problem was it was only 4:30PM, too early for bedtime. I knew the source of our exhaustion. No fuel. We’d started the morning off sharing a breakfast at IHOP then spent the day on the ocean and in and out of the pool and of course a walk to the Pier. Mother always said, “Apples don’t fall far from the tree.” She and I can get so busy we forget to eat. It never bothers us until our get up go done got up and went. This was one of “those” moments. We both knew better and actually did better when we have others to feed. However left to ourselves we have a bad habit of skipping meals.
I had the answer. Cell phone in hand, “Nearest Japanese restaurant from my location?” Mother wanted Japanese. Got it only 1.7 miles from the hotel, getting directions. We were on our way we’d be early, but hey food was calling.
We were immediately seated and served a bowl of clear liquid. Best hot water I ever had. Did I mention we were starving? Between the, “Butter fly” and the “Egg Roll” we had a “volcano” and a “Choo Choo”. Now all you Japanese Steakhouse regulars know what I mean. I ate my fill needless to say and between bites I was able to get to know and share (counsel) a young couple planning to marry in February of 2016. I asked them about marriage counseling and they ask, “What’s that?” I had my in. Help me Holy Spirit.
For the next several minutes I asked questions for which they had no answers. We (the Holy Spirit and I) had their attention and the answers to questions they had no idea they were going to ask. When dinner ended they were grateful. Their eyes shinned with new knowledge they couldn’t wait to use. His needs/Her needs, love languages and temperaments were all new to them. They’d been high school sweethearts and together for eleven years. Tonight a door was opened to a deeper relationship not just with one another but with God. God had found a way yet again into the lives of the unsuspecting.
As I look back on the night I was grateful to be a part of a journey just beginning. All God was looking for was a road in. He allowed me to enjoy my mother, dinner and the privilege of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a very inoffensive manner. I will probably never see this young couple again but I am sure when they left they had lots to talk about. Knowing the top 5 needs of men and women opened the conversation. Sharing who made man and women brought dead to life.
Mark 16:15 (NKJV) “And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.'”
We were both tired. The kind of tired that wants to go to sleep and skip dinner tired. Problem was it was only 4:30PM, too early for bedtime. I knew the source of our exhaustion. No fuel. We’d started the morning off sharing a breakfast at IHOP then spent the day on the ocean and in and out of the pool and of course a walk to the Pier. Mother always said, “Apples don’t fall far from the tree.” She and I can get so busy we forget to eat. It never bothers us until our get up go done got up and went. This was one of “those” moments. We both knew better and actually did better when we have others to feed. However left to ourselves we have a bad habit of skipping meals.
I had the answer. Cell phone in hand, “Nearest Japanese restaurant from my location?” Mother wanted Japanese. Got it only 1.7 miles from the hotel, getting directions. We were on our way we’d be early, but hey food was calling.
We were immediately seated and served a bowl of clear liquid. Best hot water I ever had. Did I mention we were starving? Between the, “Butter fly” and the “Egg Roll” we had a “volcano” and a “Choo Choo”. Now all you Japanese Steakhouse regulars know what I mean. I ate my fill needless to say and between bites I was able to get to know and share (counsel) a young couple planning to marry in February of 2016. I asked them about marriage counseling and they ask, “What’s that?” I had my in. Help me Holy Spirit.
For the next several minutes I asked questions for which they had no answers. We (the Holy Spirit and I) had their attention and the answers to questions they had no idea they were going to ask. When dinner ended they were grateful. Their eyes shinned with new knowledge they couldn’t wait to use. His needs/Her needs, love languages and temperaments were all new to them. They’d been high school sweethearts and together for eleven years. Tonight a door was opened to a deeper relationship not just with one another but with God. God had found a way yet again into the lives of the unsuspecting.
As I look back on the night I was grateful to be a part of a journey just beginning. All God was looking for was a road in. He allowed me to enjoy my mother, dinner and the privilege of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a very inoffensive manner. I will probably never see this young couple again but I am sure when they left they had lots to talk about. Knowing the top 5 needs of men and women opened the conversation. Sharing who made man and women brought dead to life.
Mark 16:15 (NKJV) “And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.'”
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