WOW!! What a NIGHT!!!

So I was sitting on my bed, ready to go to bed and I opened my Bible. First verse I read is Song of Songs:

3:1
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

3:2
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth

So I think right away that God is trying to tell me to go walk down Broadway and seek him and maybe even witness to people.

I park my car at Wendy's and start walking. First stop I make is a gas station that has recently been purchased by some Muslims. I stop in and get a juice and try to make a little small talk. Nothing really sticks, but I did get a few smiles and hopefully God will use that in the future.

I keep walking..

I see Taco Bell. I wonder if I should go to it, but I say "God, I am NOT hungry!!" (I've been trying to eat LESS, remember?!) But I decided to walk over and throw away a piece of paper and see what He would do. I get to the trash and immediately see a few guys from Crossroads Bible college coming out. I talk to them and show them the verses that I read.

Then a guy in the drive thru line says "I was sure you were playing a game!! But it was the Bible heh heh!" I walk over and tell him the story. He LOVES it and is obviously a Christian.

Then I go inside to get a water (excuse to try to start conversation) and I get a call from my good friend Laura Grazier. Now, getting a call from Laura in and of itself is a real treat. She's one of the few people in life I really relate to. She's very classy, but also practical and really has a heart for God. She is also very talented and works for God doing important ministries such as communicating about the child sex trade or the African AIDS epidemic. And she's not religious. She loves a glass of wine or a good beer. :-) Awesome person. So we talk a while and hang up and..

I keep walking.

I walk downtown and walk through Kathy's Pub (really should be called Kathy's dirty, smoky, ugly bar) and see no one I know. I walk to Bilotti's and sit down on the bench and watch a lady empty a shopping cart into the dumpster across the street. That reminds me of the Ultra Lounge down the street and I walk toward it. When I get there this Mitsubishi 200 honks and pulls into the stall. I talk to the gentleman. He is a black businessman who it turns out is from Cuba. Obviously wealthy and professional. So we hang out and start talking about God and take a drive in his Mitsubishi!! (HOW COOL!!) He's in town for only 90 days and we swapped phone numbers. He is a Christian, but I can tell that he needs revival in his life. He needs the love of God to surround him, even as he sleeps tonight. I was able to tell him my story of how I got downtown and he gave me a ride BACK TO MY CAR!!! lol! It is AMAZING to me how many times I've gotten a ride back if I start out walking with the hopes of leading people to Jesus.

What a night. Thank you, God!!